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Chicago Folk Singer Art Thieme Is Gone

Sing Out! Posted on May 28, 2015 by Bob BlackmanMay 28, 2015

We received the sad news yesterday of the passing of one of the great revival singers of traditional songs, a teller of tall tales, and a pillar of the Chicago folk song community: our dear friend Art Thieme. Art passed … Continue reading →

Posted in 3. People, Places & Miscellany, Folk Music News, Obituaries | Tagged Art Thieme, Chicago, No Exit

Blues Icon B. B. King Passes

Sing Out! Posted on May 27, 2015 by Gary von TerschMay 27, 2015
Photo by Jean-Luc Ourlin-1977

Perhaps the best known and definitely the most influential bluesman ever, Riley B. King (we’ll get to the B.B. shortly) was born to sharecroppers in 1925 in Berclair, Mississippi, a crossroads encampment just outside the whistle-stop town of Itta Bena … Continue reading →

Posted in Folk Music News, Obituaries | Tagged B.B. King, Blues, BLues Foundation Hall of Fame, Obituary, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

SORM Playlist #15-22: The Western Swing Spectacular
(airing the week starting 5-27-15)

Sing Out! Posted on May 27, 2015 by Tom DruckenmillerMay 27, 2015
Light Crust Doughboys

We recently lost fiddler Johnny Gimble a true Western Swing pioneer. This week we honor him with a program focusing on the influences and development of Western Swing. We’ll hear classic music from Benny Goodman and The Boswell Sisters to … Continue reading →

Posted in The Sing Out! Radio Magazine | Tagged Adloph Hofner, Asleep at the Wheel, Benny Goodman, Bob Wills, David Bromberg, Django Reinhardt, Fiddle Fever, Johnny Gimble, Podcast, SORM Playlists, The Sing Out! Radio Magazine

DELLA MAE: Della Mae

Sing Out! Posted on May 26, 2015 by Jamie AndersonMay 26, 2015
Della Mae

          DELLA MAE Della Mae Rounder 613637 www.rounder.com   This four-piece Americana band kicks ass on a variety of songs, from thoughtful ballads to up-tempo bluegrass. Produced by Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Buddy Guy), every arrangement … Continue reading →

Posted in 1. Audio, Reviews | Tagged Della Mae, Jenni Lyn Gardner, Rounder

MONOSWEZI: Monoswezi Yanga

Sing Out! Posted on May 26, 2015 by Chris NicksonMay 26, 2015
Monoswezi Yanga

          MONOSWEZI Monoswezi Yanga Tugboat 1090 www.worldmusic.net   The second release from Monoswezi builds on their impressive debut. With a sound built on the unlikely twin foundations of Zimbabwean mbira (thumb piano) and Scandinavian jazz. Fronted … Continue reading →

Posted in 1. Audio, Reviews | Tagged Hope Masike, Mbira, Monoswezi, Scandanavian Jazz

THE KROPOTKINS: Portents of Love

Sing Out! Posted on May 26, 2015 by Gary von TerschMay 26, 2015
Kropotkins Portents of Love

          THE KROPOTKINS Portents of Love Mulatta Records www.cdbaby.com/large-river-music   Named after the Russian anarchist prince Peter Kropotkin, this New York City and Memphis-based sextet was created in 1994 by singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and neuroscientist Dave Soldier … Continue reading →

Posted in 1. Audio, Reviews | Tagged Bluegrass, Blues, Spanish Dance, The Kropotkins

VARIOUS: Rhythms of Labour

Sing Out! Posted on May 26, 2015 by Rob WeirMay 27, 2015

        VARIOUS ARTISTS Rhythms of Labour Cambridge University Press 9781107000179 www.cambridge.org/large-river-music www.rhythmsoflabour.com   Can you imagine it? Noon rolls around and office workers begin to sing: “Boss man called a meetin’ / At a time I should … Continue reading →

Posted in 1. Audio, Reviews | Tagged Cambridge University Press, Emma Robertson, Marek Korczynski, Michael King, Work Songs

NORMAN BLAKE: Wood Wire and Words

Sing Out! Posted on May 26, 2015 by j. poetMay 26, 2015
Norman Blake Wood Wire and Words

          NORMAN BLAKE Wood Wire and Words Plectrafone www.westernjubilee.com   Blake opens this album with “Savanna Rag,” a loose, syncopated instrumental that shows off his low key fingerpicking virtuosity. Descending bass runs and meandering flurries of … Continue reading →

Posted in 1. Audio, Reviews | Tagged Nancy Blake, Norman Blake, singer-songwriter

LOST LEADERS: Lost Leaders

Sing Out! Posted on May 26, 2015 by Michael TearsonMay 26, 2015
Lost Leaders

        LOST LEADERS Lost Leaders Lost Leaders www.lostleaders.net   Lost Leaders is a trio of Byron Isaacs, Peter Cole and Justin Guip. Isaacs and Cole split the songwriting almost evenly on the set’s ten songs. Guip is … Continue reading →

Posted in 1. Audio, Reviews | Tagged Byron Isaacs, Justin Guip, Levon Helm, Lost Leaders, Ollabelle, Peter Cole

“Levi”

Sing Out! Posted on May 25, 2015 by Patrick BlackmanMay 26, 2017

As Memorial Day here in the States always falls on a Monday, it’s become a ‘thing’ for us here at MBM to try and capture its essence by sharing some meaningful music with you.  This year the honor of trying falls to me, and I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Ketch Secor, Leevi K. Barnard, Levi, Memorial Day, Old Crow Medicine Show

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