     Lynched Cold Old Fire Lynched www.lynchedmusic.com  Lynched is the brainchild of Dublin bothers Ian and Daragh Lynch, who once prowled the cityâs punk rock scene. These days theyâre more likely to be found in … Continue reading →
     Dom Flemons Prospect Hill Music Maker Foundation www.musicmaker.org  The Carolina Chocolate Drops have been a brilliant beacon of American music from the beginning. Over time they have expanded their purview from early black string … Continue reading →
    Ronald D. Cohen and Rachel Clare Robinson Roots of the Revival: American and     British Folk Music in the 1950s University of Illinois Press 978-0-252-08012-8 www.press.uillinois.edu  From chain-gang work songs and the skiffle music of Lonnie … Continue reading →
    VARIOUS ARTISTS We Are The Music Makers!: Preserving      the Soul of Americaâs Music Music Maker Relief Foundation www.musicmaker.org  Founded in 1984, the North Carolina-based Music Maker Relief Foundation â led by Tim and Denise Duffy … Continue reading →
WFDU-FMâs TRADITIONS Playlist for November 30, 2014 As many readers will know, I wear two hats â one as the host of WFDU-FMâs TRADITIONS and another as the President of the Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club in Fair Lawn, New … Continue reading →
Thanksgiving is a time for travel, food and family. This week weâll serve up a variety of tasty musical morsels for your Thanksgiving holiday and not one tune about turkey! LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1448_podcast.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . Â |Â Â To … Continue reading →
Neil Young, New York 1970 photo by Joel Bernstein This is the fourth and final post of our initial discussion of Neil Youngâs âOhio.â Here are the first, second, and third posts. I know, I know. On the fourth post … Continue reading →
English film director, producer, screenwriter and visual artist Steve McQueen, who was the first black director to win Hollywoodâs âBest Pictureâ Oscar last March for his compelling slavery drama 12 Years A Slave, has announced that his next film will … Continue reading →
Crosby, Stills, and Nash perform âOhioâ at a May 4 Commemoration at Kent State University, 1997 (photo: Kent State University archives) This is our third post on Neil Youngâs âOhio.â Read the first here and the second here. In researching … Continue reading →
    Pride a film by Matthew Warchus Calamity Films www.calamityfilms.co.uk   Sweet, slightly mawkish but uplifting. Not words I would associate with the British Minersâ Strike of 1984-85. Pride directed by Matthew Warchus is the âfeelgoodâ … Continue reading →
