Sad news out of Beacon, New York ā¦ at a meeting on January 20, the Clearwater environmental groupās board of directors voted to cancel the 2016 annual festival, the Great Hudson River Revival. There are also lots of questions about … Continue reading →
America has produced two distinct musical styles which have traveled the world-Blues and Jazz. Both are improvisational in nature and stem from the same source-the folk music of the African-Americans who were brought here as slaves. This week on The … Continue reading →
Introduction ā āCome little girlā¦ā A couple of years back, I blogged over two weeks about what I called my āEssential Eleven Traditional Murder Balladsā and my āEssential Eleven Non-Traditional Murder Ballads.ā Ā I cataloged a variety of tunes and performances … Continue reading →
This week weāll turn our attention to the Harmonica and some of its finest players. Weāll hear classic masters like Little Walter and James Cotton, innovators like Mickey Raphael Charlie McCoy and John Mayall and new a new recording from … Continue reading →
& WFDU-FMās TRADITIONS Playlist for January 10, 2016 The year 2016 is two weeks old and I have already received over a dozenĀ new recordings to share on my radio show. While I am looking forward to all the musical treats … Continue reading →
This post on āGamblerās Bluesā/āSt. James Infirmaryā is the second installment on variants of the āUnfortunate Rakeā ballads. The first installment was on an older, British āRakeā ballad, called āPills of White Mercury,ā in which the narrator comes across a … Continue reading →
At the beginning of each year itās important to reflect on the musicians who have passed and their significance to the music. When I glance at all the year end lists Iām always surprised at whom Iāve forgotten or missed. … Continue reading →
āGeorgia Leeā isnāt the song I planned for today. I wanted a break from the heavy stuff. I was working on something lighter, and if it was a real-life story, it was one that occurred well before my lifetime. My … Continue reading →
Letās ring in the New Year in fashion with some delighful tunes and celebration! LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1553_podcast.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . Ā |Ā Ā To listen using Stitcher, click . This episode is brought to you by Terry Kitchenās Post-American Century … Continue reading →
WFDU-FMās TRADITIONS Playlist for December 20, 2015 Since 1980, I have produced a Christmas radio special on WFDU-FM, a folk music Christmas program. I started doing this show because I had grown tired of hearing the airwaves filled with the … Continue reading →
