GARY CLARK JR. Live Warner Brothers Records www.warnerbrosrecords.com I’m writing this the day after we found out the policeman who killed Eric Garner wouldn’t be indicted. The day after we found out the only … Continue reading →
AARON NATHANS and MICHAEL RONSTADT Crooked Fiddle Nathans Ronstadt 001 Project’s Kickstarter Page This is an engaging, warm and intimate collaboration between songwriter Aaron Nathans and songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Michael G. Ronstadt (cello, guitar, mandolin). Following and … Continue reading →
PETER PAUL and MARY Discovered Rhino www.rhino.com I suspect that there are lots of things that the average person doesn’t know about Peter, Paul, and Mary. We think of them, if we think of … Continue reading →
CRAIG BICKHARDT The More I Wonder Stone Barn 1009 www.craigbickhadt.com Craig Bickhardt is a precisionist. By that I mean he crafts his songs with precision from the sharply wrought lyrics to the attention grabbing … 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 →
BEN HUNTER and JOE SEAMONS Take Yo Time Self-Released benjoe.bandcamp.com For anyone who has learned to play an instrument in the usual way – lessons, scales, exercises, practice, recitals – Joe Seamons can make … Continue reading →
Lynched Cold Old Fire Lynched www.lynchedmusic.com Lynched is the brainchild of Dublin bothers Ian and Daragh Lynch, who once prowled the city’s punk rock scene. These days they’re more likely to be found in … Continue reading →
Dom Flemons Prospect Hill Music Maker Foundation www.musicmaker.org The Carolina Chocolate Drops have been a brilliant beacon of American music from the beginning. Over time they have expanded their purview from early black string … 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 →
VARIOUS ARTISTS We Are The Music Makers!: Preserving the Soul of America’s Music Music Maker Relief Foundation www.musicmaker.org Founded in 1984, the North Carolina-based Music Maker Relief Foundation – led by Tim and Denise Duffy … Continue reading →
