Sing Out! Radio Magazine Hosted by Tom Druckenmiller SORM #13-45 â The Village Before Bob Artist / “Title” / CD / Label Pete Seeger / âOpening Themeâ / Goofing Off Suite / Smithsonian-Folkways Dave Van Ronk / âStackaleeâ / Down … Continue reading →
BOBAN & MARKO MARKOVIC ORCHESTRA Gipsy Manifesto Piranha Musik 2753 www.piranha.de When youâre the best brass band in the world, what is there new to do? Innovate, of course, and thatâs exactly what Markovic father … Continue reading →
ANDREA TOMASI Hurricane Dreams Team Love www.team-love.com Vermonter Andrea Tomasi moved to Brooklyn recently, but youâd never know it from her debut record. Itâs contemplative, unhurried and was recorded in the woods. The studio … Continue reading →
ADAM STEFFEY New Primitive Organic 14692 www.Organic-Records.com Adam Steffey spent much of the 1990s holding down the mandolin slot in Alison Kraussâ band, Union Station. Since leaving Krauss he has been involved in a … Continue reading →
Introduction A few weeks back I assembled a list of my ‘essential eleven’ traditional murder ballads. Â While we here at Murder Ballad Monday usually delve deeply into one ballad or theme, we saw some possible value in a lighter ‘list-based’ … Continue reading →
Carla Bozulich We noted in the previous installments (1 and 2) how Willie Nelson’s 1975 album Red Headed Stranger (Spotify) represents the realization of a distinctive artistic vision. It challenged the conventional wisdom of the recording industry when it was released. One … Continue reading →
This is our second post on Nelson’s classic murder ballad concept album Red Headed Stranger. Read the first one here. Now the preaching is over and the lesson’s begun As I hope was clear from the previous post, Willie Nelson’s creative enhancements … Continue reading →
There are few singers who rise to the level of a true icon, and fewer still who wear that banner with equal parts honest pride and realistic humility. Our dear Faith Petric, the godmother of the San Francisco folk music … Continue reading →
We just received the sad news that sandal maker / fiddler Allan Block passed away on Wednesday, October 23rd, at 90 years of age. Allan was a seminal figure in the Folk Revival and Greenwich Village folk scene of the … Continue reading →
ROBBIE FULKS Gone Away Backward Bloodshot 211 www.bloodshotrecords.com Years ago, a promoter fondly described Fulks as a big Dennis the Menace of country music â something country music often deserves. At 50, he’s mellowed … Continue reading →
