Sarah Jarosz won thee Austin Music Awards (Best Female Vocalist, Best Country/Bluegrass Artist, Best Folk Act) and placed in six other categories, including (Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Musician of the Year, Songwriter, Misc.Instrument, Producer- Gary Paczosa … Continue reading →
KRONOS QUARTET CREATE SEAMLESS INTERFACE WITH AFGHANI AND AZERBAIJANI MUSICIANS ON SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS’ “RAINBOW,” STREAMING NOW ON NPR.ORG The collaboration between Smithsonian Folkways and the Aga Khan Music Initiative that has produced the “Music of Central Asia” series has brought … Continue reading →
Nashville, Tennessee: Gibson Guitar and Epiphone dealers across the globe are hosting Gibson Days. Every last Saturday of the month, fans of the guitar giant are invited to enter to win a Gibson guitar, earn a free Gibson “fan” shirt … Continue reading →
The Blues Foundation has announced the inductees for the Blues Hall of Fame in 2010, including Louisiana-born, Chicago-based bluesman Lonnie Brooks, blues singer and harpist Charlie Musselwhite and singer, songwriter, guitarist and social activist Bonnie Raitt. Among the other individuals … Continue reading →
From Greentrax Records: On Monday 1 February, 2010, in London DICK GAUGHAN was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award during the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards ceremony. Dick received his award from Neil Finn of the band Crowded House who … Continue reading →
Our good friend and mentor, OSCAR BRAND, one of the last remaining fathers of North American Folk Music, author of 11 best selling books, pioneering star of radio and early television, and a composer for Broadway and film, is celebrating his … Continue reading →
During today’s show I kept one eye on the Grammy Award webcast of the "pre-telecast" ceremonies where the Grammys were given out in the American Roots catagories, including Traditional Folk. While I wish there could have been a tie with … Continue reading →
Here is a unique opportunity to own a piece of history – and most important – to do some real good in this world, at a time when it really needs some help. Pete Seeger is auctioning his famous banjo … Continue reading →
Montreal folk singer Kate McGarrigle has died at age 63. The singer had reportedly been battling clear-cell carcinoma. Kate and her sister Anna were better known as the McGarrigle Sisters. The duo were inducted into the Order of Canada in … Continue reading →
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for January 17, 2010 HOST: Ron Olesko www.ronolesko.blogspot.com It was a dreary, rainy, cold afternoon in the NYC area – and my intent was to spread a little cheer and offer a bit of a reprieve. With … Continue reading →