“Like there’s nothing going wrong” I first heard Hurray for the Riff Raff’s “The Body Electric” through a National Public Radio article by Ann Powers last month: “The Political Folk Song of the Year.” I appear to be rather late … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for January 4, 2015 Everyone has favorites, and these are mine. I hesitate from calling this list a “best of” because we all have different opinions and I firmly believe that art has no limits to what … Continue reading →
In most lands and cultures the arrival of the New Year is a reason to celebrate. Often those celebrations come in the form of dance. This week we welcome the New Year with dance tunes from New England, the Midwest, … Continue reading →
As the final hours of 2014 approach us, we wanted to take some time to list the albums that impacted us this year. Looking at other “Best of 2014” lists, it would be easy for us to bolster the ubiquitous … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for December 21, 2014 Since 1980, I have hosted an annual Christmas special that airs on the Sunday before Christmas from the Teaneck, New Jersey studios of WFDU-FM. Not only has it become a tradition for me, I … Continue reading →
The arrival of the Winter Solstice and the dark and cold that accompany the change have a mystical quality. On this week’s edition of the Sing Out! Radio Magazine we Welcome Winter with music from the Boys of the Lough, … Continue reading →
Stephen Colbert is ending his long-running comedy show, The Colbert Report, tonight. Although, not a music show per se, the Report has been home to plenty of artists, such as Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Dom Flemons, Emmylou Harris, … Continue reading →
More of the wonderful music released in 2014. Selections from The Thompson Family, Christine Lavin, Bumper Jacksons, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn and many more. 2014 certainly was a very good year for music on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. … Continue reading →
RICKY SKAGGS and SHARON WHITE Hearts Like Ours Skaggs Family www.rickyskaggs.com After 33 years of marriage, a passel of Grammys, CMAs and more between them, one of country music’s most celebrated couples finally decided it … Continue reading →
KATHERINE FIRST and THE KITCHEN PARTY Dancing Tables and Dancing Chairs Fiddle First Music 002 www.katherinefirst.com In Ireland, one of the greatest honors a family can bestow upon a visitor is to invite that person into … Continue reading →
