This week we complete our two part feature Hopelessly Midwestern focusing on the musical diversity in America’s Heartland. Not all great music happens in the Northeast or West Coast. The Midwest has a sound all its own. LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1431.mp3 To … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for July 27, 2014 HOST: Ron Olesko With the month of July coming to a close, it means one thing to folkies – time for the annual Falcon Ridge Folk Festival! Falcon Ridge has become a magnet … Continue reading →
“Caleb Meyer,” by Julyan Davis (2014) (click link to see more of Davis’s work inspired by murder ballads) Cautionary Tales YouTube provides a plethora of amateur, semi-pro, and professional performances of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings‘s song “Caleb Meyer.” For … Continue reading →
There is lots of great music that happens in America’s Heartland. This week The Sing Out! Radio Magazine we use Joel Mabus’ classic tune Hopelessly Midwestern as a guide as we begin a two part feature focusing on musicians from … Continue reading →
Introduction The folks at Frets magazine taught me a valuable lesson back in the 1980s; they taught me that writing can be a dangerous vocation. This is particularly the case in the Lone Star State where I learned that carrying … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/21247586″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Hank Tilbury is a musical renaissance man, a wickedly talented multi-instrumentalist with eclectic interests and output. His work runs the gamut from the old-timey to the experimental, frequently in the same piece, and … Continue reading →
Texas blues icon Johnny Winter has passed, according to a statement from his representative. The Grammy-winning guitarist was 70 years old. By the age of 15, Winter, a native of Texas, had begun his own band and was a fluent … Continue reading →
Paul McCartney wrote a light ditty about silly love songs but for my money I’d rather hear a great story song or better yet a wonderful storyteller. This week’s edition of The Sing Out! Radio Magazine “Storytime” features some great … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS July 13, 2014 HOST: Ron Olesko Two musical “families” were showcased on today’s show, the Ramones and the Seegers. Starting a show with a memorial tribute to a member of the seminal punk band the Ramones might seem … Continue reading →
“It Don’t Mean a Thing…” Folk music players have been intrigued by Swing Music for many years. This week we’ll hear some of the very best classic Swing recordings by Count Basie, Bennie Goodman, The Boswell Sisters and Django Reinhardt. … Continue reading →
