I recently paid a visit to Chicago for the birthday of my good friend Ken, also the father and co-founder of this blog. After a party-hating thunderstorm drove Ken, his family, and me with near full coolers from a free concert in … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/197162113″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] South African Pravinand Maharaj, aka Johnny Minstrel, is a pillar of the Soundcloud folk community, writing great songs and recording several of them in collaboration with other artists he meets there. As his … Continue reading →
We’ll be traveling this Summer on The Sing Out Radio Magazine. We’ll begin our journey by spending two weeks in the Midwest. We lost the master folksinger Art Thieme on May 26 and these next two programs are dedicated to … Continue reading →
& WFDU-FM’s Traditions Playlist for July 5, 2015 Back in 1975, on my first day as a freshman at Fairleigh Dickinson University, I joined the college owned radio station WFDU-FM. My love for radio, and folk music, blossomed in our … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/190664673″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] We’ve visited the UK’s thriving old-time scene before, but for our first trip to Scotland we visit multi-instrumentalist Rob Clamp. Rob focuses his musical attentions on his Scottish and American heritage. His original … Continue reading →
This week we explore big bands in folk music, including the Full English, Spuyten Duyvil and more. It’s the More the Merrier on this episode of Sing Out! Radio Magazine. LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1527_podcast.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To … Continue reading →
& WFDU-FM’s Traditions Playlist for June 28, 2015 Songwriter Peter Mulvey Invites Other Songwriters to Contribute Verses to Honor Memory of Charleston Victims … and Protest the Confederate Flag Charles Seeger, the father of the late Pete Seeger, created the … Continue reading →
VARIOUS Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song Document 7010 www.document-records.com This two-disc set is a one-of-a-kind project for the famed Document reissue label in that it contains material by living musicians (led by vocalist … Continue reading →
SUSIE GLAZE and THE HILONESOME BAND Not That Kind of Girl Hilonesome www.susieglaze.com I must admit I asked my editor for this disc because I liked the cover, a black and white old-time photo of a … Continue reading →
Gretchen Peters Blackbirds Scarlet Letter 10 www.gretchenpeters.com Gretchen Peters first moved to Nashville in the 1980s. She has written a long string of some of the best songs from there, often dealing with thorny … Continue reading →
