This week we conclude our Pushin’ the Envelope feature with some more players from the folk community taking some chances with great results. LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1414.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To listen using Stitcher, click . Artist / … Continue reading →
ROSANNE CASH The River and The Thread Blue Note www.rosannecash.com Ever since her 1990 album Interiors, which marked the move from Nashville to New York City after divorcing Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash’s songs have … Continue reading →
CORN POTATO STRING BAND Corn Potato String Band Corn Potato www.cornpotato.com Led by ace old-time fiddler Aaron Jonah Lewis, Corn Potato String Band can tear it up with the absolute best young old-time bands out … Continue reading →
THE TALLBOYS Fresh Daily The Tallboys www.thetallboys.com The Tallboys have long been the Northwest’s best-kept secret in old-time music. Pike Place buskers, community organizers, monthly square dance leaders, and genuinely nice folks, The Tallboys … Continue reading →
Various Artists You Are There Shanachie 622 www.shanachie.com Back in the previous century’s videocassette era, Shanachie put out a series of early-1950s live performances by country acts (including Chet Atkins, Ernest Tubb and Marty … Continue reading →
Eddie Cotton Here I Come DeChamp 114 www.eddiecottonjr.com A minister’s son from Clinton, Mississippi, Eddie Cotton Jr. grew up playing guitar and singing gospel songs in his father’s church (where he eventually became Minister … Continue reading →
VARIOUS Red Hot + Fela Knitting Factory Records www.knittingfactoryrecords.com It’s no surprise that Red Hot has dedicated a second volume of their series to the music of Fela, the pioneer of Afrobeat and himself … Continue reading →
The Rosenthals Fly Away American Melody www.americanmelody.com As The Rosenthals, father and son Phil and Daniel Rosenthal cover a lot of musical ground. While Phil’s roots are in bluegrass, American folk balladry, and mountain music, … Continue reading →
The weekend prior to Pete Seeger’s passing at the age of 94, an ironic, and in retrospect, provocative call came from Oscar Brand. This before I had any knowledge of Pete’s illness. “Hello Roger, this is Oscar. I’m calling to … Continue reading →
Phil Ochs (1940-1976) Bystanders If you’ve taken a Psych 101 class in the last 40 or 50 years, you’ve probably heard of the Kitty Genovese murder, and the “bystander effect.” The bystander effect theory says that the greater the number … Continue reading →
