Canadians hoping to see non-Canadian acts at coffeehouses, bars and other venues will be seeing a reduction in the choice of artists or a dramatic spike in ticket prices. This will be due to new legislation that dramatically increases the … Continue reading →
Sing Out! Radio Magazine Hosted by Tom Druckenmiller SORM #13-35: Honky Tonkinâ Artist / âTitleâ / CD / Label Pete Seeger / âIf I Had A Hammerâ / Songs Of Hope And Struggle / Smithsonian-Folkways Don Rich & the Buckaroos … Continue reading →
     DON RIGSBY Doctorâs Orders: A Tribute To Ralph Stanley Rebel 1841 www.rebelrecords.com  Even if Don Rigsby had not become captivated by the music of Ralph Stanley at the age of five (and met him … Continue reading →
    VISHTĂN MĹsaĂŻk Vishten 04 www.vishten.net  Weâve come to expect exuberance and joy from Francophone music, but does it sound differently if it comes from outside QuĂŠbec? What happens when Acadian music is played by twin … Continue reading →
     SHANNON McNALLY Small Town Talk Sacred Sumac Music 8975 www.shannonmcnally.com  Small Town Talk is Shannon McNallyâs tribute to Bobby Charles (born Robert Charles Guidry), a wonderful Louisiana-bred songwriter whose songs reach back as far … Continue reading →
    EMMYLOU HARRIS     & RODNEY CROWELL Old Yellow Moon Nonesuch 534285 www.nonesuch.com  Wonderfully produced by Nashville veteran Brian Ahern (George Jones, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison), who also adds guitar throughout, Old Yellow Moon is the first official … Continue reading →
     REBECCA PRONSKY Only Daughter Nine Mile Records 0142 www.ninemilerecords.com  âI go deep where my demons sleep,â Brooklyn native Pronsky writes as she explores the underbelly of our existence. The nightime is her friend. The … Continue reading →
Introduction It is, apparently, awfully hard to find a picture of a broken or cracked china doll online that doesnât immediately bring one to the brink of depression. Â The one above, though, inspires me. Â I wish I could link you … Continue reading →
Sing Out! Radio Magazine Hosted by Tom Druckenmiller SORM #13-34: Folk Rock From the UK, Pt. 2 Artist / âTitleâ / CD / Label Pete Seeger / âIf I Had A Hammerâ / Songs Of Hope And Struggle / Smithsonian-Folkways … Continue reading →
    VARIOUS Woody Guthrie @ 100! Live At the Kennedy Center Legacy Recordings www.legacyrecordings.com  Regardless of Eleanor Rooseveltâs attention to leftist music, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (1912-67) might have been surprised to find Washington, DCâs Kennedy Center … Continue reading →
