VARIOUS ARTISTS The Descendants Soundtrack Sony Classical 88697984562 www.sonyclassical.com There have been hundreds of Hollywood movies set in Hawaii, from Elvis’s “Blue Hawaii” to “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” The one thing they all have in … Continue reading →
STANLEY GREENTHAL First Song Stanley Greenthal 1006 www.stanleygreenthal.com Stanley Greenthal is a talented multi-instrumentalist from the Northwest of the U.S. First Song, his fifth recording, features original songs with instrumentals from Scotland, Brittany, Crete, … Continue reading →
EINAR OLAV LARSEN TRIO Lysblåin Etnisk Musikklubb 84 www.emcd.no einarolavlarsen.no/ Fiddler Einar Olav Larsen is probably best known as part of the Norwegian-Finnish band Frigg. But here, in company with pianist Daniel Rossing Trustrup (who … Continue reading →
The Men that Man the Life Boat by John Morgan Michael Lewis was kind enough to spend some time with us for a phone interview about his song “Nantucket Sleighride/The Essex,” which we introduced in the previous post, and also … Continue reading →
The Essex of Nantucket Last week was the 161st anniversary of the publication of Herman Melville‘s The Whale, or, Moby Dick. The novel was a critical and commercial failure at first. It essentially ended Melville’s career as a novelist, but it … Continue reading →
ORPHEUS SUPERTONES Going To Town Mudthumper 0022 www.mudthumper.com The old-time music revival is in its seventh decade. In that time we have encountered revivalist bands that kept to the tradition, multidimensional outfits that … Continue reading →
AKIRA OTSUKA First Tear Patuxent 231 www.pxrec.com www.akiraotsuka.com American Bluegrass fans first became aware of mandolinist Akira Otsuka as a member of the groundbreaking Japanese band Bluegrass 45. Since those days he has been a … Continue reading →
BETH McKEE Next To Nowhere Swamp Girl 2 www.bethmckee.com Mississippi native and former member of the New Orleans-based band Evangeline, singer-songwriter (and occasional keyboardist)Beth McKee’s latest album follows I’m That Way, her critically heralded … Continue reading →
For the fourth time this week we embark on an exploration of the ballad “Young Emily” – Laws M34 or Roud #182 – and in Appalachia today we’ll finish our trek. We introduced the ballad with Natalie Merchant singing an … Continue reading →
GUY DAVIS The Adventures Of Fishy Waters: In Bed With The Blues Smokeydoke www.guydavis.com This “audio play” project marks the disc debut of a one-man production that singer-songwriter Guy Davis has performed on and off … Continue reading →
