This week we celebrate Accordion Awareness Month. The month-long celebration was created to promote one of the most versatile of instruments. We’ll hear players and music from the world over, including the band Phonix from Denmark, Pekka Pentikainen & Antii … Continue reading →
On this week’s program, we continue with our occasional feature focusing on the fundamentals of a particular style of music. Piedmont blues is a ragtime inspired music played mostly on the guitar. Originally it emanated from Virginia and traveled south … Continue reading →
On the podcast this time around, we complete our Acoustic Eclectic feature with more recent music that pushes and expands the envelope of acoustic music. We’ll hear from Corkey Siegel’s Chamber Blues, Luminescent Orchestrii, Jayme Stone’s Folklife, Aly Bain-Ale Moller-Bruce … Continue reading →
It’s time for a collection of musicians who play in a wide variety of styles, from bluegrass to swing to blues, and John Hartford’s unique music, too. Included are The Acousticats, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, John Mayall, and Gillian … Continue reading →
We’ll continue to explore musical duos on this podcast, choosing from selections that are familiar and not so familiar. We’ve got music from Ken and Brad Kolodner, Jay Unger and Molly Mason, Jane Voss and Hoyle Osborne, and many others. … Continue reading →
The duo is one of the strong traditions in folk music, and on this program, we’ll present some pairs of musicians who play well with others. You’ll hear Robin and Linda Williams, James Bryan and Carl Jones, Hazel Dickens and … Continue reading →
This week we’ll hear some tales from the North Woods, a classic song from James Keelaghan, and some great English story-songs from Eliza Carthy and Martin Simpson. Sing me another story … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. … 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 →
Someone once said that the four most beautiful words in the English language are “Pitchers and catchers report.” He was a big fan! Songs about baseball capture some of the spring joy in this edition of the podcast. We’ll hear … Continue reading →
First the snowdrops, then the crocus arrive and open up. Long-awaited Spring is beginning to arrive in many parts of the country. We’ll celebrate with some seasonal tunes and songs from Tim O’Brien, Ken and Brad Kolodner, Claudia Schmidt, the … Continue reading →
