JOHN REISCHMAN and THE JAYBIRDS On A Winter’s Night Corvus 023 www.johnreischman.com Premier mandolinist, former Good Old Person, producer and stellar bandleader, John Reischman epitomizes the “true-vine” spirit of bluegrass music in the 21st … Continue reading →
ANNA FALKENAU Féileacán na Saoirse Scroll Music 1401 www.annafalkenau.com The Irish-to-English translation of Anna Falkenau’s solo fiddle album is, roughly, “Butterfly of Freedom,” an apt descriptor. It reminds me of Kevin Burke projects in … Continue reading →
STEVE EARLE and THE DUKES Terraplane New West 6329 www.newwestrecords.com As a teenager in Texas, Steve Earle heard plenty of blues … though, until now, the blues had usually been less in his own … Continue reading →
You can almost smell the coffee. It’s morning, you’ve just pulled up a gravel road to sit at a kitchen table and listen to your friend June Carter Cash, or to your friend Wanda Jackson. You’re here to listen to … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/141812600″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Boise, ID’s Charlie Sutton is one of those songwriters whose work feels intimate and familiar on first listen without ever getting stale. While he’s currently working with the more blues-tinged Curtis/Sutton & the … Continue reading →
American music historian, author and musician Samuel Charters passed away on March 18th. Known for his field recordings of influential blues musicians, many of the works Charters uncovered went on to inspire and shape much of today’s musical landscape. Born … Continue reading →
Bluegrass has been mostly a boy’s club since it’d development in the 1940s. In the past decade and a half the rules have changed and we find more and more women leading or playing a featured role bands. It didn’t … Continue reading →
On this blog, we often play detective. In fact, that’s pretty much all we do, and this post is no different, but I’m going to start by turning the tables. What, if anything, do you make of these fragments?: A … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for March 8, 2015 I have presented many guests on the show over the years, and with live radio (or even pre-recorded radio), you never know how the conversation and performance will go. However, whenever Tom Chapin … Continue reading →
Each Spring brings the beginning of the Baseball Season. After the severe winter we’ve had in the Northeast, Spring Training is particularly welcome this year. Including songs by John McCutcheon, Craig Bickhardt, Chuck McCabe and of course Steve Goodman, it’s … Continue reading →
