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TRADITIONS playlist for January 29, 2017

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 30, 2017 by Ron OleskoJan 30, 2017

New music from Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Bev Grant and John McCutcheon were featured. This week’s show aired in the days following President Trump’s orders limiting immigration and a number of songs were played that dealt with … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio, Ron Olesko, Traditions Playlists, WFDU Traditions | Tagged Ron Olesko, WFDU-FM

How Legends Are Made: Stan Rogers, “The Flowers of Bermuda,” and Air Canada Flight 797

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 30, 2017 by Stephen WinickJan 30, 2017

Written in the spring of 1978 by the Canadian singer-songwriter Stan Rogers, “The Flowers of Bermuda” is a disaster ballad on a small scale, telling the story of a ship that founders with nineteen people aboard. We’ve looked at shipwreck songs … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Canada, Maritime, shipwreck, Stan Rogers, The Flowers of Bermuda

Podcast: Fleet Fingers Pt. 3 The U.K. and Beyond
Episode #17-03 | airing 1-18-17

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 25, 2017 by Tom DruckenmillerJan 24, 2017

The traditional music world lost a champion on January 15 with the passing of Alan Jabbour. Through his 23 years of service for the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts he was a wonderful representative of … Continue reading →

Posted in The Sing Out! Radio Magazine | Tagged Alan Jabbour, Burl Hammons, Luther Strong, Tom Druckenmiller, W H Stepp

A Survivor’s Reckoning: The Triplett Tragedy

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 23, 2017 by Steven L. JonesMar 2, 2017
Triplett Tragedy

Blood on the mountain And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? — Genesis 4:9 Truly old Watauga is making for herself a dark and bloody … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Daniel W. Patterson, Doc Watson, Ed Miller, Ralph Rinzler, Smithsonian Folkways, Sophronie Miller Greer, The Ghosts of Johnson City, The Triplett Tragedy, Watson Family

TRADITIONS playlist for January 22, 2017

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 23, 2017 by Ron OleskoJan 23, 2017

The Brother Brothers, identical twins Adam and David Moss, joined me in the studios of WFDU-FM to debut their new EP “Tugboats.” In addition, I paid tribute to Maggie Roche, who passed away on January 20. We heard recordings from … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio, Traditions Playlists, WFDU Traditions | Tagged Ron Olesko, WFDU-FM

Podcast: Fleet Fingers Pt. 3 The U.K. and Beyond
Episode #17-03 | airing 1-18-17

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 18, 2017 by Tom DruckenmillerJan 17, 2017
Bert Jansch

This week we conclude our feature Fleet Fingers and examine fingerstyle guitar styles from the U.K. Like the American players these players borrow from the Blues but apply the techniques to traditional folksongs and tune accompaniment. We’ll hear Dan Ar … Continue reading →

Posted in The Sing Out! Radio Magazine | Tagged Anne Briggs, Bet Jansch, Daithi Sproule, Das Ar Bras, Davey Graham, Ralph McTell, Tom Druckenmiller

We Can Turn this Ship Around

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 18, 2017 by Ron OleskoJan 17, 2017
Christine Lavin gets political!

Remember last summer when we couldn’t wait for the election to be over so we could get back to normalcy? Remember our hopes of uniting this country again and finding common ground? With the inauguration of Donald Trump looming this … Continue reading →

Posted in 0. Opinion, Folk Music News, Folk Music Notebook, Ron Olesko | Tagged christine lavin

TRADITIONS playlist for January 15,2017

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 17, 2017 by Ron OleskoJan 17, 2017

The week ahead will be an emotional one. With the inauguration of Donald Trump looming, and with a day of service being given by many Americans in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I tried to choose songs … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio, Ron Olesko, Traditions Playlists, WFDU Traditions | Tagged Ron Olesko, WFDU-FM

“Blue Wing” and the Legend of Little Willie John

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 16, 2017 by Ken BiggerJan 17, 2017
"Blue Wing," original art by Tom Russell (used by permission)

Prelude On the road for work a few months ago, I was driving between Cheyenne and Denver. I had a chance to meet up with an old friend for coffee on the way. Early in our conversation, I noticed she had … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Blue Wing, Dave Alvin, Elvis Presley, Little Willie John, Otis Blackwell, Peter LeMarc, Robbie Robertson, Stan Rogers, Tom Russell, Tracy Grammer

Podcast: Fleet Fingers Pt. 2 The Americans
Episode #17-02 | airing 1-11-17

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 11, 2017 by Tom DruckenmillerJan 10, 2017

This week we continue our feature Fleet Fingers and examine American Fingerstyle Guitarists. American players take their influence from the Blues players but put the emphasis on softening the melodic quality of their playing while still using many of the … Continue reading →

Posted in The Sing Out! Radio Magazine | Tagged Guy Van Duser, Hot Tuna, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Tom Druckenmiller, Tom Rush, Willie Nelson

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