In the dead of winter, the warmth of the holiday in honor of love (and chocolate!) breaks the frozen monotony. This week we’ll hear Laura Boosinger, Bob Dylan, Finest Kind, Sheila Kay Adams, and other fine selections in celebration of … Continue reading →
This week we continue to feature musicians who have been inspired by the music of their home region. We’ll hear Ralph Stanley, Sheila Kay Adams, Stan Rogers, Guy Clark, and Mud Morganfield, among others. Coming home again … this week … Continue reading →
On this episode we ‘ll conclude our two-part feature with American traditional players, dance musicians and some songwriters, too. All of them have been influenced by players before them, whether through recordings, film or simply learning knee to knee. You … Continue reading →
Traditional folk musicians can’t develop their style in a vacuum – they are always influenced by past masters. Whether they learned the style and repertoire by listening to recordings, watching films or by sitting knee-to-knee, they absorbed everything as the … Continue reading →
Stories are an important part of any time of year, and with this program we begin a two-part presentation of singers and song-writers who tell wonderful stories with their songs. We’ll hear Joel Mabus, Stan Rogers, Woody Guthrie, Kate Campbell … Continue reading →
Winter is arriving across the land as we move toward the new year. We note the change of season with music from Peter Mayer, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Fred Gosbee. The Sweetback Sisters, Peter Ostroushko and many more. Short days and … Continue reading →
Winter arrived last week in eastern Pennsylvania with higher than usual temperatures and only some conversational snowflakes. This week on the program we note the change of season with music from Peter Mayer, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Fred Gosbee, The Sweetback … Continue reading →
This week we continue to feature musicians who have been inspired by the music of their home region. We’ll hear songs from Ralph Stanley, Sheila Kay Adams, Stan Rogers, Guy Clark, Mud Morganfield and many more. You can go home … Continue reading →
Ghosts, Orchards, and Borders Last November, in a post about Bruce Springsteen’s “Highway Patrolman,” I wrote of Nebraska’s palliative effects. I listened to that album without moderation during a hard time in high school. Years later, I listened to another … Continue reading →
Somerset is in the Knobs of Kentucky, and if you live among those hills you know that the red clay you can find thereabouts is perfect for spurring a child’s imagination. One of Somerset’s native sons, who grew up making … Continue reading →
