PETE SEEGER The Complete Bowdoin College Concert Smithsonian/Folkways 40184 Smithsonian/Folkways Website www.peteseeger.net If it was a difficult year for Sing Out! magazine co-founder and longtime columnist Pete Seeger, you’d never know it from the buoyancy … Continue reading →
BILL BURKE & FRED COON Black Bear On The Mountain oldtimeymusic.com www.oldtimeymusic.com There is something special about listening to musicians who have played together for a long time. Bill Burke & Fred Coon met … Continue reading →
PER ANDERS BUEN GARNAS Seljord Anno 1935 Talik 85 www.talik.no Garnås, a Hardanger fiddle player, won Norway’s annual folk music competition in 2010 and was offered a contract by Talik records, which suggested he … Continue reading →
Bowing 9 Force Majeure Dimma 011 www.dimmaswe.com It really is a string orchestra. Take six violinists, two viola players, a cellist and a bassist, all playing material composed for the group by members … Continue reading →
HEKLA STÅLSTRENGA Makramé Talik 84 www.talik.no It’s Norwegian folk-rock. No, really, it is. A mix of the tradition and original material – both songs and tunes – all gussied up, amplified and brought out … Continue reading →
MJELVA/TAMNES Gi Mi Pols! Talik 89 www.talik.no This is about as basic as it gets, an album of two Norwegian fiddlers exploring some of the traditions of the Røros area of the country. There … Continue reading →
JOHN JACOB NILES The Boone-Tolliver Recordings LM Dupli-cation 4 LM Dupli-cation Website www.john-jacob-niles.com “Over coffee and liqueurs we would sometimes listen to John Jacob Niles’ recordings. The metallic clang of his dulcimer never failed to … Continue reading →
MARY Z. COX Girl With The Banjo Tattoo Mary Z. Cox www.maryzcox.com Mary Z. Cox describes herself as a banjoholic. She has played since the age of 12 and has won numerous prizes in … Continue reading →
COSY SHERIDAN The Horse King Waterbug 102 www.waterbug.com www.cosysheridan.com In the notes for this CD, her 10th release, Cosy Sheridan admits to only recently deciding to refer to herself a “singer songwriter.” Until now, she’d … Continue reading →
MARK COLLIE & HIS RECKLESS COMPANIONS Live at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary Wilbanks 1694 www.wilbanks.com http://www.markcollie.com Country singer/writer Collie’s inspiration for this arresting disc came from hearing Johnny Cash’s Folsom and San Quentin prison LPs and knowing … Continue reading →
