Prelude: The Ears of Babes “My class loves this song!” This is my daughter. She’s referring to her elementary school class of 10 and 11 year-olds. She says this as we are driving down the highway a few weeks ago, listening to … Continue reading →
Generally when you think of folk music brass and woodwinds don’t easily come to mind. However, there are some very talented players and bands that have used brass and woodwind instruments to great advantage. Sometimes it’s just for instrumental color … Continue reading →
LAURIE and KATHY Sing the Songs of Vern and Ray Spruce and Maple Music 1012 www.laurielewis.com Laurie and Kathy are Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick. They have known each other and played together at least … Continue reading →
Alasdair Roberts Alasdair Roberts Drag City 613 www.dragcity.com Alasdair Roberts’ handsome Stirlingshire voice, ancient new lyrics and honed Bert Jansch-acoustic style make this a pearl of an album, as lost and found love haunts … Continue reading →
Barbara Higbie Scenes from Life Self-released www.barbarahigbie.com I‘m a long time Higbie fan, from her early days with Windham Hill and the exciting band Montreux, to more recent singer-songwriter fare presented solo and with … Continue reading →
Erin Harpe and The Delta Swingers Love Whip Blues Juicy Juju 01 www.erinharpe.com Erin Harpe is a hot mama blues singer. Love Whip Blues, her debut album, is a breezy and fun album of … Continue reading →
HowellDevine Modern Sounds of Ancient Juju Arhoolie 550 www.arhoolie.com In 2013, HowellDevine’s delightful Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles became the first new blues album that the roots-music devotees at Chris Strachwitz’s Arhoolie Records had released … Continue reading →
Fleck and Washburn Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn Rounder Records www.rounder.com When I first heard that Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn had married I thought it was a joke, though that was in part … Continue reading →
In my last post, I looked at how – through music – people tried to make sense of the infamous Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, in which a group of Mormon militiamen deceived and murdered 120 members of the Baker-Fancher … Continue reading →
