This week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine we begin a new occasional feature. This week we review the new Bruce Molsky recording Everywhere You Go a collection of guitar tunes played by the fiddle and banjo master.We will surround … Continue reading →
In folk and country music much attention is given to brother duets such as the Everlys and the Delmores, but less mention is made of sister sibling harmony. On the next episode we’ll present a program called Musical Sisters. We’ll … Continue reading →
This week on the program we welcome winter with a program focusing on the Solstice. We’ll hear music from Bruce Cockburn, Peter Ostroushko, Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, The Lark and the Loon and Commoner’s Choir. We welcome the cold … Continue reading →
This week we present a program entitled “We’re In Good Hands.” Traditional music often seems in peril as young folks choose to pursue pop music dreams and consider traditional music to be archaic and outmoded. This edition will help to … Continue reading →
This week we feature a program of acoustic blues. The style has never been as popular as it is today. Perhaps it’s a reaction to the pandemic or is just a style of music which is ideal to be played … Continue reading →
This week we feature musicians who have acted as mentors to young traditional musicians. We’ll hear from Dwight Diller, Mike Seeger, Val Mindel & Emily Miller, Alice Gerrard, Norman Blake and many others. Traditional mentors are paying it forward … … Continue reading →
Sonny Ochs, host of Folk Music & Other Stuff (heard the 4th Sunday of the month at 6pm ET / 3pm PT on www.FolkMusicNotebook.com) was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent Northeast Regional Folk Alliance conference (NERFA) … Continue reading →
This week on the program we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with songs about food, travel and family. We have a great deal to be thankful for this year with vaccinations and boosters allowing us to travel and gather safely with … Continue reading →
This week on the Magazine we complete our two-part feature focusing on honky tonk music. We’ll hear from Asleep at the Wheel, Connie Smith, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Adolph Hofner, The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Commander Cody, JJ Cale and many … Continue reading →
The audience for country music in the years following the World War II was predominantly male and many of the records were destined for the jukeboxes that thrived in the bars and watering holes where this working-class audience gathered. This … Continue reading →
