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 →
On this week’s installment of the program we’ll feature some of my favorite music and musicians from the Mountain State. We’ll open with Hazel Dickens’ “West Virginia, My Home,” performed by Hazel and Alice Gerrard. Our theme music, “Roaring River, … Continue reading →
Ashley Hutchings was the founder of several British bands that electrified traditional folk music. He first founded Fairport Convention with Simon Nicol and stayed with them for 4 albums. He then formed Steeleye Span and stayed on for a few … Continue reading →
This week on the program we review the Bruce Molsky recording “Everywhere You Go,” a collection of guitar tunes played by the fiddle and banjo master. We will surround the three tunes from Bruce with a collection of great fingerstyle … Continue reading →
This week we conclude our three-part feature focusing on folk and country rock. We’ll cover a lot of ground to finish up this visit, with selections from Little Feat, Cowboy, Paul Siebel, Emmylou Harris, Uncle Tupelo, The Jayhawks, Son Volt, … Continue reading →
This week on the program we continue with part 2 of our survey of folk and country rock music. We’ll feature music from The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, The Dillards, Linda Ronstadt, Jack Tempchin, The Eagles and many more. Listen a … Continue reading →
This week and next on the Magazine we focus our attention on folk and country rock music. This week in Part 1 we’ll hear classics from The Delmore Brothers, Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Buddy Holly. Buck Owens, The Everly Brothers, … Continue reading →
This week on the program we complete our two-part feature, Assorted Women. We’ll hear music from Emmylou Harris, Our Native Daughters, Kate Campbell, Joni Mitchell, Gillian Welch, Judy Collins and more. “I’m with her” – the sounds of women’s voices … Continue reading →
This week on the program we begin a two-part feature focusing on music created for and by women musical artists. We’ll present music from Bonnie Raitt, Rachel Eddy, The Coon Creek Girls, Shemekia Copeland, Fiona Boyes, Tracy Nelson and a … Continue reading →
There was a time when the occupation of songwriter did not automatically include singer in the description. Usually a songwriter wrote the song and then it was performed by a singer. This began to change in the 1950s and became … Continue reading →
