This week marks the 46th anniversary of the Tate/LaBianca murders committed by Charles Manson and his cult-like Family. A nightmarish event with lasting cultural impact, music is central to its story. This and next week’s posts explore the connection. Coming … Continue reading →
This week we take a trip to the Lonestar state. We’ll hear Tex-Mex songs, cowboy tunes and a handful more! LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1532_podcast.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To listen using Stitcher, click . Artist / “Title” / CD … Continue reading →
Somerset is in the Knobs of Kentucky, and if you live among those hills you know that the red clay you can find thereabouts is perfect for spurring a child’s imagination. One of Somerset’s native sons, who grew up making … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/83488138″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] For our first blues post, we visit Chris Okunbor, fittingly from Australia’s Blue Mountains. Chris is a gifted songwriter, understated singer and wicked multi-instrumentalist with catholic tastes and a penchant for inspired and … Continue reading →
This week we conclude our time in Louisiana with a trip to the Canadian Maritimes and Northern Ontario-the ancestral home of Cajun music. We’ll hear some classic and contemporary Cajun music from the prairies including the Balfa Brothers, Beau Soleil … Continue reading →
Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders may be best known for his progressive politics, but did you know he once dipped his toes into the world of political folk music? In 1987, Sanders, then Mayor of Burlington VT, joined thirty Vermont singers … Continue reading →
THE HONEY DEWDROPS Tangled Country The Honey Dewdrops www.thehoneydewdrops.com Settled in Baltimore MD, but hailing from Virginia, Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish, were inspired by modern America and roots music. This is the first album … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for July 26, 2015 Over the past few years, I find myself broadcasting memorial shows much too frequently. The folk music community recently said farewell to another influential member when Theodore Bikel passed away on July 20 … Continue reading →
JEREMY BASS NEW YORK IN SPRING Jeremy Bass www.jeremybassmusic.com Bass, following up on the Winter Bare collection, reveals another string from his musical bow with an album of Bossa nova inspired tunes. Many of … Continue reading →
SÉAN Ó HÉANAIGH The Tides That Bind Einniu www.tidesthatbind.com With a name like Séan Ó hÉanaigh, d’ye think he might be Irish? hÉanaigh has a distinguished musical pedigree. He was born in Boston to … Continue reading →
