“It Don’t Mean a Thing…” Folk music players have been intrigued by Swing Music for many years. This week we’ll hear some of the very best classic Swing recordings by Count Basie, Bennie Goodman, The Boswell Sisters and Django Reinhardt. … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for June 29, 2014 HOST: Ron Olesko Since this was the last Sunday in June, a month traditionally associated with weddings, I shared a number of songs about love and marriage during the first hour, along with … Continue reading →
Dedicated to songs about cars ‘n trucks. The best music on 4-wheels, here on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1427.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To listen using Stitcher, click . Artist / “Title” / CD / … Continue reading →
Dean Alger The Original Guitar Hero And the Power of Music: The Legendary Lonnie Johnson, Music & Civil Rights University of North Texas Press ISBN: 978-1574415469 www.untpress.unt.edu This long overdue, deeply researched biography deals with the … Continue reading →
Bradford Lee Folk & The Bluegrass Playboys Somewhere Far Away Bradford Lee Folk www.bradfordleefolk.com A decade ago one of the hottest bands on the bluegrass circuit was Open Road, a Colorado-based outfit headed up by guitarist … Continue reading →
I DRAW SLOW White Wave Chapel Pinecastle 1187 www.pinecastlemusic.com In the folk music world on this side of the Atlantic, it’s hard to throw a stick without hitting a band composed of Americans doing their … Continue reading →
Don ye thy favorite powdered wig, we’ll be visiting some folkies’ takes on classical music on this week’s show. LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1426.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To listen using Stitcher, click . Artist / “Title” / CD / … Continue reading →
Various Artists For Freedom Alone: The Wars of Independence Greentrax 1314 www.greentrax.com June 23rd and 24th mark the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, a major victory in Scotland’s 1297-1328 struggle for independence from … Continue reading →
Frank Fairfield This is the third of three posts on the North Carolina murder ballad “Poor Ellen Smith.” Read the first here and the second here. One of the implicit questions in the previous two posts is whether the real … Continue reading →
This week’s program is titled A Pack of Summer Songs. The change of seasons has always been a fertile subject for composers and musicians. This week’s program collects some favorites from writers as talented as Putnam Smith and Guy Clark … Continue reading →
