Book Value ⌠Here is a present to the folk music community in honor of Pete Seegerâs Birthday (May 3, 1919 â January 27, 2014). A PDF version of my book â for free! More âRagTagsâ than you can shake … Continue reading →
& WFDU-FMâs TRADITIONS Playlist for May 1, 2016 Since WFDU-FM held our February fund drive, Iâve been thinking about the future of radio and folk music. Not to worry, Iâm fine. Even though the show did not do as well … Continue reading →
Introduction Those of you who follow us on Facebook know that we often recognize artistsâ birthdays. Thatâs mostly my work. With plenty of thinking about mortality in our blog posts, itâs worth celebrating the musicians that help us find our way … Continue reading →
& WFDU-FMâs TRADITIONS Playlist for April 24, 2016 One of the finest CDâs that I have received in recent months is Jump the Fire from the Evie Ladin Band. This new recording, the trioâs third release, captures the energy and … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=âhttps://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/181834312âł params=âauto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=trueâ width=â100%â height=â450âł iframe=âtrueâ /] For those concerned about traditional musicâs appeal to the youth today, this weekâs Folkfinds is Rob Fong of Asheville, NC. Rob fell in love with Southern traditional music a few years ago and … Continue reading →
Sometimes the theme for a program comes right out of the headlines. The Peabody Energy Company has filed for bankruptcy. If you recall John Prineâs classic song Paradise refers to âMr. Peabodyâs coal trainâŚâ. This week weâll hear some classic … Continue reading →
Occasionally a listener of the SORM will suggest a theme for a program. Sometimes they are way too broad a subject or entirely too personal but this time the suggestion was a fine one-Blues Evangelists. The Blues has always had … Continue reading →
& WFDU-FMâs TRADITIONS Playlist for April 17, 2016 Folk songs, once recognized as transmitted from generation to generation in an oral tradition, took on a new method of delivery during the folk revival. Songs would be written and tried out … Continue reading →
Murder Ballades I attended eighth blackbirdâs performance of Bryce Dessnerâs Murder Ballades few weeks ago, on Good Friday, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Matthew Duvall, eighth blackbirdâs percussionist, had mentioned the performance on our Facebook page, and … Continue reading →
     Hackensaw Boys Charismo Free Dirt 0078 www.freedirtrecords.com  Charismo is the first full album of new Hackensaw Boys music and material in about a decade, an exuberant album buoyed by the Hackensaw cheekiness that was … Continue reading →
