This week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine we begin a two part feature focusing on duets. The Duet is one of the most durable combination in folk music. We’ll hear music from The Two Man Gentleman Band, The Mastersons, … Continue reading →
Introduction – “Still Growing” Today’s featured song fits clearly, if not neatly, into our wheelhouse here at MBM. It is not precisely a murder ballad. Neither is it exactly what we call a ‘conversation with death.’ It is, like many … Continue reading →
Re-broadcast Saturday July 8, 2017 (with a bonus hour) on BluesAndRootsRadio.com Starting this week, TRADITIONS is being broadcast as a two-hour program on WFDU-FM on Sunday afternoons. The full three-hour show can be heard on BluesAndRootsRadio.com the following Saturday night … Continue reading →
With today’s hot political climate there have been many new topical songs written. This week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine we’ll sample some recent topical music from Joe Jencks, Fred Gillen, Jr, John McCutcheon, Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt, … Continue reading →
This week on The Sing Out Radio Magazine we celebrate Accordion Awareness Month. The month long celebration was created to promote one of the most versatile of instruments. We’ll hear players and music from the world over including the band … Continue reading →
In our first post on Titanic songs, we listened to songs that emerged in the years soon after the disaster. They reflected on the events of the tragedy itself, and the lessons we might draw from it. Moving closer to the … Continue reading →
(Tune in to WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS every Sunday from 3pm to 6pm Eastern Timeover WFDU-FM 89.1 in the NYC/Northern New Jersey area,or on the web at www.wfdu.fm or iHeartRadio.com. The show can also be heard Saturday evenings at 6:30pm ET at … Continue reading →
This week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine Episode 17-25 we continue with our occasional feature focusing on the fundamentals of a particular style of music. This week it’s Piedmont Blues 101. Piedmont Blues is generally a ragtime inspired music … Continue reading →
Re-broadcast Saturday June 24, 2017 on www.bluesandrootsradio.com A preview of the 27th Annual Old Songs Folk Festival of Traditional Music and Dance (www.oldsongs.org) was featured on this weeks show, plus songs for Father’s Day! Also, a tribute to Rosalie Sorrels … Continue reading →
This week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine Episode 17-24 we complete our Acoustic Eclectic feature with more recent music that pushes and expands the envelope of Acoustic Music. We’ll hear from Corkey Siegel’s Chamber Blues, Luminscent Orchestrii, Jayme Stone’s … Continue reading →
