Don ye thy favorite powdered wig, we’ll be visiting some folkies’ takes on classical music on this week’s show. LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1426.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To listen using Stitcher, click . Artist / “Title” / CD / … Continue reading →
Various Artists For Freedom Alone: The Wars of Independence Greentrax 1314 www.greentrax.com June 23rd and 24th mark the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, a major victory in Scotland’s 1297-1328 struggle for independence from … Continue reading →
Frank Fairfield This is the third of three posts on the North Carolina murder ballad “Poor Ellen Smith.” Read the first here and the second here. One of the implicit questions in the previous two posts is whether the real … Continue reading →
This week’s program is titled A Pack of Summer Songs. The change of seasons has always been a fertile subject for composers and musicians. This week’s program collects some favorites from writers as talented as Putnam Smith and Guy Clark … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS June 15, 2014 HOST: Ron Olesko I enjoy having the opportunity to invite guests into the studio to share their songs and stories. Today’s show featured one of the most moving and important discussions that I’ve had the … Continue reading →
Aoife O’Donovan This is the second in a series of posts on “Poor Ellen Smith.” Read the first one here. Our posts here at Murder Ballad Monday are just a few small additions to the numerous reviews, ruminations on, and … Continue reading →
Various Artists Peabody Blues St. Charles Blues Jackson Stomp Nehi Records 1, 2 & 3 www.nehirecords.com Though there are plenty of crossovers and cross polinizations on these three vintage collections, two have local focuses. Peabody … Continue reading →
Seldom Scene Long Time … Seldom Scene Smithsonian/Folkways 40199 www.folkways.si.edu As a recap of the more than forty-year history of the Seldom Scene, the extensive liner booklet accompanying this new release is about as … Continue reading →
Nickel Creek A Dotted Line Nonesuch 541944 www.nonesuch.com In the late 1990s, a trio of prodigiously talented teenagers emerged from the Southern California bluegrass scene into the national folk/acoustic circuit as Nickel Creek. Sean … Continue reading →
Nathan Bell Blood Like A River Stone Barn 1309 www.nathanbellmusic.com Nathan Bell’s Blood Like a River hit me hard. It is powerful stuff on through from the opener “Names” which relates in brief lives … Continue reading →
