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 →
The music of the Southern churches has always been intertwined with the fight for rights and freedoms in our country and across the world, too. We’ll listen to some selections from Mavis Staples, The Golden Gate Quartet, Bernice Johnson Reagon, … Continue reading →
Summer vacation has arrived again. Unless your child has been designated for summer school (do they still do that?) or camp, they are home and looking for stuff to do. This time around we provide our annual program featuring songs … Continue reading →
This week on the Magazine we continue with part two of our celebration of Black History Month. We’ll hear music of holiness and freedom with selections from Mavis Staples, The Golden Gate Quartet, Bernice Johnson Reagon, The McIntosh County Shouters … Continue reading →
On the Magazine for this week, it’s vacation season and we’ll offer some tunes to keep the family entertained on the road. We’ll feature Laura Boosinger, The Bright Siders, Greg Brown, Trout Fishing in America and, of course, Pete Seeger. … Continue reading →
This week on the program we’ll hear some great acoustic blues. We have classics from Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, Frank Hovington and new releases from Grammy winner Cedric Burnside, and Bonnie Raitt. We’ll feature … Continue reading →
Well, summer vacation has arrived again! Unless your child has been designated for summer school (do they still do that?) or is going to camp, they’re home and looking for stuff to do. This week on the show we provide … Continue reading →
No folk musician developed his style in a vacuum. They were always influenced by a past master. Whether they learned the master’s style by listening to recording, watching film or by sitting knee to knee until the information was passed … Continue reading →
On this week’s program, we begin a two-part feature using “contrast” as a theme. For part one, we’ll take a “Trip to the Tropics.” It’s winter here in the northeast U.S., with frigid temperature and snow. As a respite, we … Continue reading →
School is almost over and Summer vacation season is upon us. This week we’ll offer up some great music and stories for young people. We’ll hear Elizabeth Mitchell, Ella Jenkins, Bill Harley, Greg Brown, Dave Fry and others. So gather … Continue reading →
