ERYNN MARSHALL and CARL JONES Sweet Memories … Never Leave Dittyville 006 www.dittyville.com Georgia-born singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Carl Jones has been a well-known figure in old time music circles for decades through his … Continue reading →
LEONARD COHEN Can’t Forget Columbia Records www.columbiarecords.com Just months after Leonard Cohen released Popular Problems, with very little warning, as well as the sumptuous three CD + DVD Live In Dublin set, here comes … Continue reading →
FRANK WAKEFIELD and RED ALLEN The WDON Recordings, 1963 Patuxent 258 www.pxrec.com Talk about a time capsule! There are twenty-two performances here from WDON broadcasts in 1963. WDON was an AM station in Wheaton … Continue reading →
MONROE FIELDS with CARL SAUCEMAN and THE GREEN VALLEY BOYS 1950s-60s Broadcasts Patuxent 259 www.pxrec.com Another excellent archival bluegrass release from Patuxent Music! This one spotlights mandolinist/vocalist Monroe Fields with Carl Sauceman and his band the … Continue reading →
Various Artists Guitar Heroes: Making History Stony Plain 1381 www.stonyplainrecords.com Recorded live at the midsummer Vancouver Island Music Festival in 2013, this once-in-a-lifetime gathering features four blues and rockabilly-infused and early rock ‘n’ roll-style Telecaster guitar … Continue reading →
NICK HORNBUCKLE Twelve by Two (Plus or Minus One) Corvus Records www.nickhornbuckle.com On 12 X 2 (+/-1) – pronounced “Twelve by Two (plus or minus one)” – Nick Hornbuckle takes up a dozen old-time … Continue reading →
DREAMERS’ CIRCUS Second Movement GO’ 0315 www.gofolk.dk In Europe, least, there’s a new wave of instrumental bands who have their roots in folk music but a compositional vision that extends far beyond the limits … Continue reading →
SNYDER FAMILY BAND Wherever I Wander Mountain Home Music Co. www.mountainhomemusiccompany.com More than a few years ago now, I was down in North Carolina when a friend insisted that I go to the Cook … Continue reading →
HARALD HAUGAARD Lys Og Forfald Pile House Records 0714 www.pilehouserecords.com This, as Danish fiddler Haugaard states in his extensive liner notes, is the culmination of a trilogy he began a few years ago with … Continue reading →
MAXIDA MARAK and DOWNHILL BLUEGRASS BAND Mountain Songs and Other Stories Limestone House Music 026 www.downhillbluegrassband.com Swedish bluegrass? YES! And who’d’ve thunk it! Maxida Marak, a member of the indigenous Sami people of Sweden, … Continue reading →
