Stephen Colbert is ending his long-running comedy show, The Colbert Report, tonight. Although, not a music show per se, the Report has been home to plenty of artists, such as Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Dom Flemons, Emmylou Harris, … Continue reading →
More of the wonderful music released in 2014. Selections from The Thompson Family, Christine Lavin, Bumper Jacksons, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn and many more. 2014 certainly was a very good year for music on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. … Continue reading →
RICKY SKAGGS and SHARON WHITE Hearts Like Ours Skaggs Family www.rickyskaggs.com After 33 years of marriage, a passel of Grammys, CMAs and more between them, one of country music’s most celebrated couples finally decided it … Continue reading →
KATHERINE FIRST and THE KITCHEN PARTY Dancing Tables and Dancing Chairs Fiddle First Music 002 www.katherinefirst.com In Ireland, one of the greatest honors a family can bestow upon a visitor is to invite that person into … Continue reading →
GARY CLARK JR. Live Warner Brothers Records www.warnerbrosrecords.com I’m writing this the day after we found out the policeman who killed Eric Garner wouldn’t be indicted. The day after we found out the only … Continue reading →
AARON NATHANS and MICHAEL RONSTADT Crooked Fiddle Nathans Ronstadt 001 Project’s Kickstarter Page This is an engaging, warm and intimate collaboration between songwriter Aaron Nathans and songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Michael G. Ronstadt (cello, guitar, mandolin). Following and … Continue reading →
PETER PAUL and MARY Discovered Rhino www.rhino.com I suspect that there are lots of things that the average person doesn’t know about Peter, Paul, and Mary. We think of them, if we think of … Continue reading →
CRAIG BICKHARDT The More I Wonder Stone Barn 1009 www.craigbickhadt.com Craig Bickhardt is a precisionist. By that I mean he crafts his songs with precision from the sharply wrought lyrics to the attention grabbing … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for December 14, 2014 I have complained about the lack of substantive Hanukkah music since I started WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS back in 1980. Each year I host a program of Christmas music on the Sunday before the holiday … Continue reading →
We’re proud to announce that starting in January 2015, Murder Ballad Monday will become part of the Sing Out! family of blogs. About two years ago I did a sweep of Facebook, looking for every and any folk music related … Continue reading →
