Pieta Brown Paradise Outlaw Red House 280 www.redhouserecords.com Recorded in just four days at Justin Vernonâs (of Bon Iver) April Base studio in Wisconsin, this lovely album has a live feel you canât get … Continue reading →
DJ Sean P Rock It… Don’t Stop It! BBE Music www.bbemusic.com London-based, deep grooves DJ Sean P has compiled a series of early Hip Hop recordings from 1979 to 1983, an era sometimes labeled … Continue reading →
Jack White Lazaretto Columbia Records www.columbiarecords.com Blind Willie McTell’s 1928 Victor recording âThree Women Bluesâ was pure Piedmont blues with undertones of racial pride in his yellow, black and brown-skinned lovers. In Jack White’s … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for August 24, 2014 HOST: Ron Olesko During today’s show we paid tribute to two individuals who passed away during the past week: Jean Redpath and Buddy MacMaster. Both individuals dedicated themselves to perpetuating the musical traditions … Continue reading →
Ellen Greene An “Interlude” post, in our use, is not necessarily a connection between one piece of music and another, but an exploration of artistic work with close thematic engagement with murder ballads. It’s a step outside our “song of … Continue reading →
West Virginia is rich in traditional music. I have traveled to Elkins each Summer for the past 28 years to the Augusta Workshops. In turn I have become very fond of the music of the Mountain State. Here are a … Continue reading →
Accordions and squeezeboxes from around the world. LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1433.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To listen using Stitcher, click . Artist / “Title” / CD / Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” / Songs Of … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for August 10, 2014 HOST: Ron Olesko A hazy, lazy, crazy day of summer inspired the playlist for today’s show. (Tune in to TRADITIONS every Sunday from 2pm to 5pm Eastern Time over WFDU-FM 89.1 in the … Continue reading →
Jason Tyler Burton Interview with the artist below. This post follows two others on the song “Caleb Meyer,” by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. Read the first here and the second here. The artist interview below will refer back to … Continue reading →
A mix of Honky Tonk classics new and old. LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1432.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To listen using Stitcher, click . Artist / “Title” / CD / Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” / … Continue reading →
