     JENI AND BILLYâS BIG PICNIC BAND Picnic In The Sky Waystation 003 www.jeniandbilly.com  In the early days of the recording industry much of what we today call folk, country, and old-time music was called … Continue reading →
     JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE Single Mothers Vagrant 4220 www.vagrant.com  Justin Townes new album Single Mothers is kind of perplexing. At a few seconds under 30 minutes it is very short with ten compact songs. It … Continue reading →
     LEO TOLSTOYâs War and Peace dramatized by Timberlake Wertenbaker BBC Radio 4 www.bbc.co.uk  On a misty grey New Yearâs Day, BBC radio 4, a speech station in England broadcast a 10-hour audio play version … Continue reading →
      LYNNE HANSON River of Sand Continental www.lynnehanson.com  Whoever dumped Lynne Hanson unleashed a melancholy that made for a solid collection of songs from this celebrated Canadian songwriter. Produced by Lynn Miles, another talented … Continue reading →
WFDU-FMâs TRADITIONS Playlist for January 11, 2015 The events taking place in Paris and around the globe following the tragic shooting in the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine have led to important and long overdo discussions on free speech and … Continue reading →
A little less than a year ago we started a new series within Murder Ballad Monday called âConversations with Death.â  These brief, emotional posts allow us to explore songs that resonate for us in ways we find typical of our genre of choice, … Continue reading →
In the past, Old Time music used be mostly an Old-Boys Network. However there have always been strong Women who blazed their own trail. Weâll hear some of the very best on Women in Old-Time Music Pt 1. LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1502_podcast.mp3 … Continue reading →
Beloved Philadelphia folk music DJ and icon Gene Shay announced that he will be retiring from broadcasting. Shay has been an influential member to the folk music community for more than five decades. WXPN, a non-commercial, member-supported radio service out … Continue reading →
âLike thereâs nothing going wrongâ I first heard Hurray for the Riff Raffâs âThe Body Electricâ through a National Public Radio article by Ann Powers last month: âThe Political Folk Song of the Year.â Â I appear to be rather late … Continue reading →
WFDU-FMâs TRADITIONS Playlist for January 4, 2015 Everyone has favorites, and these are mine. I hesitate from calling this list a âbest ofâ because we all have different opinions and I firmly believe that art has no limits to what … Continue reading →
