Natalie Merchant âI kept on positing that [folk music] is any music that serves the people and describes the cultureâ Natalie Merchant on NPRâs American Routes, November 7, 2003 Introduction I wrote in the previous post on âCrazy Man Michaelâ … Continue reading →
Tuareg musician Bagui Bouga, calabash, odilirou (traditional flute) player and vocalist and co-founder of the Niger-based band Etran Finatawa, passed away on Friday, August 2nd, in Switzerland after suffering a severe asthma attack. The group Etran Finatawa, meaning âthe stars … Continue reading →
     TROUT STEAK REVIVAL Flight Trout Steak Revival www.troutsteak.com  It would be risking a charge of base and possibly unfair stereotyping to suggest that on hearing a name like âTrout Steak Revivalâ, the temptation might … Continue reading →
     MIKE SEEGER Mike Seeger Vanguard 79150 www.vanguardrecords.com  The timeless, home-grown music of the late mulch-instrumentalist and folklorist Mike Seeger nostalgically evokes a bygone age of old-time rural music, early acoustic blues and pre-World War … Continue reading →
     HOWELLDEVINE Jumps, Boogies and Wobbles Arhoolie 544 www.arhoolie.com  This popular, Northern California-based neo-traditional blues duo â rough-hewn slide guitarist and cuttingly astringent harmonica ace, Joshua Howell, and imaginatively rhythmic percussionist Pete Devine â sure … Continue reading →
     THE BILLS Yes Please Red House 267 www.redhouserecords.com  Known once upon a time as the Bill Hilly Band, The Bills have spent nearly two decades establishing themselves as one of the premier ârootsâ bands … Continue reading →
     TONY McMANUS Mysterious Boundaries Compass 7-4612 www.compassrecords.com  If youâve ever heard Tony McManus add a delicate bridge to a fiery Scottish reel, lay it down double time with Quebeçois musicians, or jam with jazz … Continue reading →
     GO JANE GO Go Jane Go Go Jane Go www.deadreckoners.com  Go Jane Go is Kieran Kane, David Francey and Kieranâs son Lucas Kane. Kieran and David are the songwriters writing eleven of the setâs … Continue reading →
Fairport Convention This is the first of two posts on âCrazy Man Michael.â Read the second post here. Within the fire and out upon the sea Early in the morning hours of May 12, 1969, four of the five members … Continue reading →
Sing Out! Radio Magazine Hosted by Tom Druckenmiller SORM #13-31 ⢠Newgrass & Beyond Artist / âTitleâ / CD / Label Pete Seeger / âIf I Had A Hammerâ / Songs Of Hope And Struggle / Smithsonian-Folkways Richard Greene / … Continue reading →
