Autumn is in full color outside the Little Cat Records Studios. Fall and Spring bring daily changes to the natural world around us. It inspires some wonderful music. On this week’s program we hear music From the Natural World featuring … Continue reading →
I spent Sunday morning with Pete Seeger thanks to YouTube and the good folks of the San Francisco Folk Music Club circa 1980. As a performer and organizer dedicated to spreading the joy of community singing, I was thrilled to … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for October 19, 2014 The spirit of the Rose Tattoo permeated today’s show. With the passing of one of the members of this nomadic collective of artists who shared a camaraderie with the traveling hobo, songs about … Continue reading →
Larry Penn, who wrote wonderful songs such as āIām a Little Cookie,ā passed away on October 7 at his home in Milwaukee. He was 87 and died from complications of diabetes and heart problems. Larry will be fondly remembered as … Continue reading →
Smithsonian has released yet another in their great compilation CD from the Folkways catalog. This week’s program Not Just the Blues is based on the new CD Classic African American Songsters. We’ll hear music from that recording as well as … Continue reading →
True North Elsebound True North www.truenorthbluegrass.com Particularly in the āInternet Ageā of the past twenty years or so, the discussion of what is and what is not ābluegrassā has pushed the boundaries of the … Continue reading →
Poor Man’s Fortune Bayou Curious Poor Man’s Fortune www.poormansfortune.com What an intriguing album! I should have expected this from the album title, Bayou Curious, but the new album from Texas-based ensemble Poor Manās Fortune … Continue reading →
Bonnie Dobson Take Me For A Walk In The Morning Dew Hornbeam 003 www.hornbeamrecordings.com I had not heard anything new by Bonnie Dobson in decades. So learning of Take Me For A Walk In … Continue reading →
Jamie Anderson Drive All Night Bella Books 978-1-59493-399-8 www.bellabooks.com Inordinately talented, lesbian folk comic musician and occasional belly dancer, Jamie Anderson has been a traveling performer for the past twenty-plus years (as well as … Continue reading →
Robert Elfstrom Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone Weinderworld Dvd www.weinerworld.com View Pete Seeger: A Song and a Stone for a slew of engaging glimpses of one of the greatest Americans of the … Continue reading →
