2014 has been a year rich in new music. In the next two programs we’ll sample some of the fine music released this past year This week we’ll hear great music from Eric Bibb, Flaco & Max, Jim Lauderdale, Fassoux, … Continue reading →
Big news! We’re on our annual holiday hiatus this month, but wanted to add one more post for 2014 to announce that we are moving! We’re joining forces with Sing Out! magazine. We are tremendously excited and honored to join Sing Out!. … Continue reading →
Astonished was I. No, make that surprised beyond belief when I saw what Judith Zweiman and Paul Lubniewski posted on Facebook. It was an old club announcement from City Folk Nights at the The Sun Mountain Café promoting the schedule … Continue reading →
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 →
