This week we celebrate Thanksgiving on the SORM with songs about travel, food and family. Thanksgiving is a most American holiday however in the excitement and anticipation of the holiday spent with friends and family not everything is as joyous … Continue reading →
“Local draft board No. 4 in a district surrounding State and 35th streets, containing 30,000 persons, of whom 90 per cent are colored, registered upward of 9,000 and sent 1,850 colored men to cantonments. Of these 1,850 there were only … Continue reading →
The 2016 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference (NERFA) was held November 10-13 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Stamford, CT. This was a new location for NERFA and the general consensus appears favorable for the new digs. Some growing pains, … Continue reading →
This week’s show focused on artists who shared their music with me at the recent Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference (NERFA) that was held November 10-13, 2016 in Stamford, CT. My guest this week was Lara Herscovitch who was a … Continue reading →
In December Bob Dylan will travel to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. (Update: Actually, looks like he will *not* be in attendance for the ceremony) This is unprecedented in awarding the prize to a musical composer, much … Continue reading →
Introduction Fragments of time and history filter down to us in the Child ballads. We get whispers and incomplete stories that make us ponder what ‘really’ lies beneath. This is deeply true in the case of “Lamkin.” Like so many … Continue reading →
(Tune in to WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS every Sunday from 3pm to 6pm Eastern Time over 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 … Continue reading →
The election is over and both sides could probably need a good laugh. This week’s program supplies just that-some really funny songs. We’ll hear music from Kate Campbell, Peter Ostroushko, Steve James, Christine Lavin and many more. Just for Laughs … Continue reading →
Introduction Over the summer, I attended a wedding of two friends at my alma mater in Sewanee, Tennessee. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, Sewanee is a small liberal arts college with some of the most devoted alumni … Continue reading →
A “pre-election” show, featuring “guest” appearance from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and others. The show was meant to serve as a reminder of the importance of the office and the role we play as a … Continue reading →
