Nickel Creek A Dotted Line Nonesuch 541944 www.nonesuch.com In the late 1990s, a trio of prodigiously talented teenagers emerged from the Southern California bluegrass scene into the national folk/acoustic circuit as Nickel Creek. Sean … Continue reading →
Nathan Bell Blood Like A River Stone Barn 1309 www.nathanbellmusic.com Nathan Bell’s Blood Like a River hit me hard. It is powerful stuff on through from the opener “Names” which relates in brief lives … Continue reading →
Carlene Carter Carter Girl Rounder 11661-918 www.rounder.com With Carter Girl, Carlene Carter has made an album she’s wanted to make for many years: one steeped in and, in truth, inspired by her Carter Family … Continue reading →
BRYAN SUTTON Into My Own Sugar Hill www.sugarhillrecords.com Since coming to the attention of the acoustic music scene, particularly the bluegrass crowd in the late 1990s as a member of Ricky Skaggs’ band Kentucky … Continue reading →
Amazing Recordings from female Blues artists, this is part two of a two-part series. Enjoy! LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1424.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To listen using Stitcher, click . Artist / “Title” / CD / Label Pete Seeger / … Continue reading →
Neko Case Ellen Smith was shot through the heart in July of 1892. Peter DeGraff had been romantically involved with Smith. He stood trial for her murder, was convicted, and was executed for it thirteen months after Smith’s death. At … Continue reading →
Classic Recordings from Blues’ female pioneers, this is part one of a two-part series. Enjoy! LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1423.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To listen using Stitcher, click . Artist / “Title” / CD / Label Pete Seeger / … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for June 1, 2014 HOST: Ron Olesko Three members of the group Runa traveled up the NJ Turnpike from Philly to join me in our Teaneck, NJ studios. Shannon Lamber-Ryan, Fionan de Bara and Cheryl Prashker visited … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for May 25, 2014 HOST: Ron Olesko Memorial Day weekend – I hope that our audience remembers the holiday means more than the start of summer and an excuse to barbecue. I did my best to remind … Continue reading →
The name old-time music came from the 78 rpm recordings that told the listener what to expect. In this episode we continue tracing old-time music from it’s earliest recordings to today’s fine players LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1422.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click … Continue reading →
