CHARLIE PARR Stumpjumper Red House 283 www.redhouserecords.com Long a part of the spirited Duluth, Minnesota, music scene (Trampled By Turtles, Low), prolific folk blues singer, gripping songwriter and 12-string National resonator steel guitar, Dobro … Continue reading →
Various Artists Guitar Heroes: Making History Stony Plain 1381 www.stonyplainrecords.com Recorded live at the midsummer Vancouver Island Music Festival in 2013, this once-in-a-lifetime gathering features four blues and rockabilly-infused and early rock ‘n’ roll-style Telecaster guitar … Continue reading →
TOM BROSSEAU Perfect Abandon Crossbill 030 www.crossbillrecords.com The press sheet sent to reviewers for Tom Brosseau’s quite intrepid latest solo project quotes the transfixing yet eerily intimate indie folk singer and deft songwriter on … Continue reading →
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 →
JUNIOR WELLS Southside Blues Jam Delmark 628 www.delmark.com A brilliant harmonica player and emotionally arresting singer, Junior Wells was mentored by the legendary diatonic harp maven Little Walter Jacobs and released his first album, … Continue reading →
THE VAGABAND Medicine for the Soul Eggsong 002 www.thevagaband.co.uk This is the sophomore project from the United Kingdom’s eight-piece, Norfolk-based, ensemble The Vagaband that is helmed by singer-songwriter and guitarist Jose McGill along with … Continue reading →
La Famille Leger L’Etoile Du Nord La Famille Leger www.lafamilleleger.com A true family band, La Famille Leger plays Acadian and French-Canadian back porch and kitchen party music from Eastern Canada, much of it which they’ve … Continue reading →
VARIOUS ARTISTS Songs of the Civil War Smithsonian/Folkways www.folkways.si.edu The Spanish Civil War, often referred to as the “dress rehearsal” for World War II, was waged between 1936 and 1939 and ended in victory … Continue reading →
Ronald D. Cohen and Rachel Clare Robinson Roots of the Revival: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s University of Illinois Press 978-0-252-08012-8 www.press.uillinois.edu From chain-gang work songs and the skiffle music of Lonnie … Continue reading →
English film director, producer, screenwriter and visual artist Steve McQueen, who was the first black director to win Hollywood’s “Best Picture” Oscar last March for his compelling slavery drama 12 Years A Slave, has announced that his next film will … Continue reading →
