“There was an old woman from Wexford…” Almost two years ago, Ken initiated an occasional series for our strange little blog wherein we explored the intersection of murder and comedy in ballads. Between his posts, mine, and Becky’s, we explored … Continue reading →
Legends Among a few adults who spooked me when I was a girl (my school bus driver, who kept a bottle in a brown bag beneath his seat; a guy at the car wash who sometimes shut the system down … Continue reading →
This week we take a trip to the Lonestar state. We’ll hear Tex-Mex songs, cowboy tunes and a handful more! LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1532_podcast.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To listen using Stitcher, click . Artist / “Title” / CD … Continue reading →
This week we conclude our two part feature noting Alan Lomax’s 100th birthday with some music recorded in the late 1950’s from Almeda Riddle, E.C. Ball and Bessie Jones and the Sea Island Singers. We’ll also hear some of the … 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 →
Today’s post is an “Interlude” post, because we take a break from our normal cycle of exploring individual songs or song themes, and take a look at related works of art in other performance media. Although today’s post involves a … Continue reading →
JAYME STONE and friends Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project Borealis 235 www.borealisrecords.com There is a recording of John Hartford in the studio giving direction to the musicians he’s gathered there. Whatever the song they were … Continue reading →
Note: this is Part 2 of a two part series. Read Part 1 here. So, down to the jewelry store packing a gun he said, “Wrap it up, I think I’ll take this one.” “A thousand dollars please,” the jewelry … Continue reading →
Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on “Delia’s Gone” – See also Part 2 Introduction – “O, I am fortune’s fool!” I wonder if you’ve seen that ‘meme’ that goes in part like this – “Romeo and … Continue reading →
VARIOUS ARTISTS 12 Years a Slave Columbia 88843 00857 2 www.columbiarecords.com One of this season’s most wrenching films, director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave is based on the memoirs of Solomon Northrup, a … Continue reading →
