A bit older this time, perhaps
I listened to this version for the first time this morning: I had never heard this tune for the song before. Here is where we have want of a musicologist. On the face of it, it seems like this tune … Continue reading →
Fair Ellender
For the first selection: Fair Ellender. Here is Jerry Garcia and David Grisman’s version from “Shady Grove.” Fair Ellender (Spotify) Here’s the same song on YouTube: (link replaced 12/10/14) While not the most famous of the genre, this one … Continue reading →
Introduction to Murder Ballad Monday
The murder ballad fascinates me. Not murder, of course, but songs about it—how the person or people who craft and carry on the song use something terrible to make something beautiful, or at least something useful or emotionally or morally … Continue reading →
Ron’s Top 10 Favorite Folk CDs of 2011
Okay, there are 12 CDs on my list of top 10. Sue me. Since folk music is such a diverse genre, and because we were blessed with so many great recordings during the past 12 months, I felt it was okay … Continue reading →
Roger Deitz Gets Lifetime Achievement Award
The New Jersey Folk Festival announced Sing Out! columnist and advisory board member Roger Deitz is the recipient of its 2012, Lifetime Achievement Award. The NJFF will confer the award on April 28th at this year’s festival. Held on the … Continue reading →
Corréo Aéreo joins Real People’s Music
The Award-winning multi-instrumentalists and Latin music duo, Corréo Aéreo, will now be releasing albums under the Real People’s Music record label. Since 1975, Real People’s Music has represented multicultural and family programming so it is no surprise that Corréo Aéreo … Continue reading →
San Francisco Art Commission fights to reinstate 31 chopped GRAMMY categories
The San Francisco Art’s Commission has voted unanimously to offer a resolution to NARAS, the folks in charge of the GRAMMY Awards, suggesting the return of 31 GRAMMY categories, including Latin Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Hawaiian, Cajun, Zydeco, Native American, Tejano, … Continue reading →
New Lonesome River Band project in the works
Sammy Shelor, banjo player and leader of the Lonesome River Band, has given insight to the band’s newest endeavor – a 30th anniversary retrospective that will have the group recording twenty-four songs, to be released inA a series of three … Continue reading →
Old Town School Opens New Building
Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music announced the Grand Opening plans for its new Old Town School East Building, located at 4545 N. Lincoln Avenue directly across the street from its current Lincoln Square home. The school invites the … Continue reading →
Lead-Singer Aoife O’Donovan To Play Final Tour with Childsplay
The twelve-person fiddle choir, Childsplay, is embarking on their final tour with lead-singer Aoife O’Donovan. The choir consists some of the best fiddlers in the nation, including Boston Symphony violists and all-Ireland and national Scottish fiddle champions, and the sound … Continue reading →