Bruce Springsteen and Columbia Records announced today that they will release “‘Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band Live in Dublin” on June 5 as a concert DVD and a separate two-CD set release. The two-CD set and DVD will feature … Continue reading →
Today (Sunday April 1) my guests on WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS will be Aztec Two-Step. Rex Fowler and Neal Schulman began singing together at a Boston Club in 1971. They named their duo using a line from a Lawrence Ferlinghetti(“A Coney Island … Continue reading →
“Phil Ochs is the greatest writer of American protest music…”– John Lennon, 1971 “I just can’t keep up with Phil – and he’s getting better and better and better.”– Bob Dylan It is hard to believe that it has been … Continue reading →
A couple of summers ago I found myself in the local musical instrument store. I went there to purchase some violin strings for my fiddle, an instrument that I have been attempting to “re-learn” after many years. While in the … Continue reading →
Today’s show was pre-empted for a special live broadcast from WFDU-FM’s Studio C. THE SESSION will return next week at it’s regular time. (Friday 12 noon – 1pm ET)
Continue reading →At our last Hurdy Gurdy concert (a great show featuring Aoife Clancy & McDermott’s Handy), I was feeling especially good because the weather that afternoon happened to be warm and sunny, so naturally I brought up the idea that we … Continue reading →
My guest today was Iain Campbell Smith, who will be doing a house concert in Central New Jersey next week. Iain is fascinating guest – he is a wonderful singer-songwriter with great stage presence and songs that touch every emotion, … Continue reading →
( Tune in to THE SESSION every Friday at noon ET over WFDU-FM 89.1 in the NYC/Northern New Jersey or on the web at www.wfdu.fm ) ARTIST Tune / Song ALBUM LABELTheme: COLM O’DONNELL The Dublin … Continue reading →
Folk music has always done a good job celebrating its visionaries and pioneers. Glancing at the CD and LP library, I can find a number of recordings of retrospectives and concerts that honor these individuals – the classic Woody Guthrie … Continue reading →
Please be sure to tune in to Traditions this Sunday when Iain Campbell Smith joins me in the studio. For those of you who have not heard Iain or his incredible story, I urge you to tune in! If you … Continue reading →
