CROWE LAWSON & WILLIAMS Standing Tall and Tough Mountain Home 15022 mountainhomemusiccompany.com There are only a handful of the original bluegrass pioneers still active and performing or recording in any measure at all – … Continue reading →
This week we complete our two part feature of classic Folk and Folk Rock from the UK we’ll hear some lesser known (but not less talented) performers and bands. The program features The Albion Country Band, John Martyn, The Strawbs, … Continue reading →
Devo from left, Bob Mothersbaugh, Mark Mothersbaugh, Alan Myers, Gerald Casale and Bob Casale This is the second post in our series on Neil Young’s “Ohio.” Read the first post here. “It’s still hard to believe I had to write … Continue reading →
Jimi: All Is By My Side a film by John Ridley Darko Entertainment www.darko.com/film_allisbymyside.html Written and directed by John Ridley (fresh from winning an Oscar for penning 12 Years A Slave), Jimi: All is … Continue reading →
John Filo’s Pulitzer Prize winning photograph of the then 14 year old Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling over the body of Jeffrey Miller, one of the four Kent State University students killed by National Guard troops at on May 4, 1970. … Continue reading →
Nate Leath and Friends Volume 2 Patuxent Music 224 www.pxrec.com A common lament heard in old time and bluegrass music circles at the end of the 20th Century went something like this: “All the … Continue reading →
Peggy Seeger Everything Changes Signet Music www.peggyseeger.com Everything Changes is not at all a Peggy Seeger recording I would have anticipated. It is far more a chanteuse album than an album of folk songs. … Continue reading →
The Carmonas The Carmonas Self-Released www.thecarmonasmusic.com The Carmonas are a family band built around singers Alison and Aaron and guitarist Chad. Their debut full-length album has eleven songs, all originals. Eben Cathey on banjo, … Continue reading →
Makem and Spain Sessions, Vol. 1 Red Biddy www.redbiddy.com If the name Makem rings a bell, it’s because Rory is the offspring of Irish folk legends Tommy and Sarah Makem. He once had a … Continue reading →
Whiskey Shivers Whiskey Shivers CBM 001 www.whiskeyshivers.com Long ago, bluegrass was dubbed folk music in overdrive. Decades later, punk’s faster-and-louder ethos experienced a faster/who-needs-louder breakaway as a new generation pogoed to fiddle breakdowns and … Continue reading →
