We’ll complete our three part feature focusing on Folk-Rock from the UK with collection newer recordings of tunes from England, Scotland, Ireland and the US. Folk-Rock in the UK and beyond is still a vibrant musical style with many performers … Continue reading →
VARIOUS ARTISTS Songs of the Civil War Smithsonian/Folkways www.folkways.si.edu The Spanish Civil War, often referred to as the “dress rehearsal” for World War II, was waged between 1936 and 1939 and ended in victory … Continue reading →
BEN HUNTER and JOE SEAMONS Take Yo Time Self-Released benjoe.bandcamp.com For anyone who has learned to play an instrument in the usual way – lessons, scales, exercises, practice, recitals – Joe Seamons can make … Continue reading →
Lynched Cold Old Fire Lynched www.lynchedmusic.com Lynched is the brainchild of Dublin bothers Ian and Daragh Lynch, who once prowled the city’s punk rock scene. These days they’re more likely to be found in … Continue reading →
Dom Flemons Prospect Hill Music Maker Foundation www.musicmaker.org The Carolina Chocolate Drops have been a brilliant beacon of American music from the beginning. Over time they have expanded their purview from early black string … Continue reading →
Ronald D. Cohen and Rachel Clare Robinson Roots of the Revival: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s University of Illinois Press 978-0-252-08012-8 www.press.uillinois.edu From chain-gang work songs and the skiffle music of Lonnie … Continue reading →
VARIOUS ARTISTS We Are The Music Makers!: Preserving the Soul of America’s Music Music Maker Relief Foundation www.musicmaker.org Founded in 1984, the North Carolina-based Music Maker Relief Foundation – led by Tim and Denise Duffy … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for November 30, 2014 As many readers will know, I wear two hats – one as the host of WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS and another as the President of the Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club in Fair Lawn, New … Continue reading →
Thanksgiving is a time for travel, food and family. This week we’ll serve up a variety of tasty musical morsels for your Thanksgiving holiday and not one tune about turkey! LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1448_podcast.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To … Continue reading →
Neil Young, New York 1970 photo by Joel Bernstein This is the fourth and final post of our initial discussion of Neil Young’s “Ohio.” Here are the first, second, and third posts. I know, I know. On the fourth post … Continue reading →
