[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/199456039″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Sonora, Mexico’s Juan Cordero grew up playing ranchero music, pop music and anything else that piqued his fancy. On becoming a dad, his fancy turned to American children’s songs and thereafter to the … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/195612218″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Continuing to spotlight old-time music’s international presence, we travel to a Salvador, Brazil. Banjo player Gigito describes his music as ‘unattached bluegrass’ and takes inspiration from everyone from Earl Scruggs to Thelonious Monk. … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/171989568″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Yorkshire-born Lee Parry has been writing songs and performing for a decade or more, with a sound somewhere between Folk Revival and contemporary indie folk. While he’s currently working on his terrific duo … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/196345178″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Englishwoman Steph Sweet would have fit right in on the recent Sing Out! podcast focusing on British psych-folk. Like the classic artists Tom featured, Steph walks the line between trad-influenced singer-songwriter material and … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/167769990″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Folkfinds has made something of a habit of highlighting unusual settings for traditional songs and instruments, and while last week may have pushed the envelope a bit this week’s is something everyone should … 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 →
