Since forming in 1988, Tempest has delivered a globally-renowned hybrid of high-energy folk rock fusing Irish reels, Scottish ballads, Norwegian influences and other world music elements. The last 20 years have seen the San Francisco Bay Area based act release … Continue reading →
The city of San Antonio, Texas has been selected to host the annual Roots Music Awards. The annual event will be held in conjunction with the Roots Music Association’s upcoming Radio Seminar, Music Conference and Festival that will be held … Continue reading →
Nashville, TN – Gibson Guitar, the worlds premiere musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology, announced its support of the 3rd annual ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) “I Create Music” EXPO which will be held … Continue reading →
One of the country’s largest and most prestigious celebrations of the arts, the National Folk Festival, is coming to Butte, Montana for a three-year tenure beginning in July 2008. First presented in 1934, it is the oldest multicultural festival in … Continue reading →
The 10-second recording of the folk song “Au Clair de la Lune” was discovered earlier this month in an archive in Paris by a group of American audio historians. It was made, the researchers say, on April 9, 1860, on … Continue reading →
(Tune in to THE SESSION every Friday at noon ET over WFDU-FM 89.1 in the NYC/Northern New Jersey or on the web at www.wfdu.fm ) ARTIST Tune / Song ALBUM LABELTheme: COLM O’DONNELL The Dublin Reel Farewell to Evening Dances … Continue reading →
When I was growing up, it was tradition to watch the film “Lillies of the Field” at Easter time. It was a big event in our household when this 1963 film made its first network broadcast. The film was a … Continue reading →
In partnership with Xavier University of Louisanna’s Department of Music, Columbia College Chicago’s Center for Black Music Research (CBMR) will be holding a two-day event (April 18-19, 2008) in New Orleans focusing on the the the Big Easy’s role in … Continue reading →
Bill Bolick of the popular Blue Sky Boys, died March 13th. Bill and his brother Earl, were a cornerstone of country music’s greatest vocal traditions: the brother duet. The brothers were impeccable, precise, and their poignant harmonies, accompanied usually by … Continue reading →
A look at Polk Miller and the Old South Quartette – Controversial recordings from 1909 from a former Confederate solider and a quartet of African-Americans. (Tune in to TRADITIONS every Sunday from 3 to 6pm Eastern Time over WFDU-FM 89.1 in … Continue reading →
