I love a good man outside the law just as much as I hate a bad man inside the law. — Woody Guthrie (1940) Legend On October 22, 1934, Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd – a bank robber suspected by … Continue reading →
& WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS playlist for May 17, 2015 It is no secret that beyond the recognizable entertainment and social merits, music has powerful therapeutic values. Trained therapists have shown that music can stimulate brainwaves to increase concentration and also relieve stress. … Continue reading →
& WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS playlist for May 3, 2015 Singer, songwriter, dancer, instrumentalist, teacher and creative whirlwind Kristin Andreassen recently paid a visit to my radio show to share selections from her new CD Gondolier. Her performances blend powerful original songs, … Continue reading →
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/171989568″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Yorkshire-born Lee Parry has been writing songs and performing for a decade or more, with a sound somewhere between Folk Revival and contemporary indie folk. While he’s currently working on his terrific duo … Continue reading →
Alan Lomax would have turned 100 this past January. On the next two editions of The Sing Out! Radio Magazine we look back on his career of folk song collecting and recording. This week we’ll hear some of earliest recordings … Continue reading →
Jonathan Edwards Tomorrow’s Child Rising Records www.jonathanedwards.net Jonathan Edwards partnered up with Darrell Scott to helm his new album. That news alone had me expecting a wonderful album, and the result is even better … Continue reading →
KENDRICK LAMAR To Pimp A Butterfly Top Dawg / Aftermath / Interscope www.kendricklamar.com American popular recording artists’ coming-of-age have often produced works of simultaneous high creativity and crystallized style. Think Coltrane’s Love Supreme, Dylan’s … Continue reading →
KIRSTEN ALLSTAFF Gallowglass Self www.kirstenallstaff.com Flautist Kirsten Allstaff was raised in Scotland and now lives in Ireland, where she co-founded the Online Irish Academy of Music. She honors her pan-Celtic perspective with a new … Continue reading →
ANNA & ELIZABETH Anna and Elizabeth Free Dirt Records www.freedirtrecords.com Multi-instrumentalist and singer Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Appalachian singer Elisabeth LaPrelle have combined to produce a beautifully crafted collection of songs of sorrow, survival and … Continue reading →
JEREMY BASS Winter Bare Self www.jeremybassmusic.com Jeremy Bass, a Brooklyn based songwriter, poet and classically trained guitarist wrote this album during the fierce New York winter of 2013. He was nursing a broken heart. … Continue reading →
