Bruce Springsteen is set to release Well Blow Me Down: The Segar Sessions (Poisson d’Avril Records) later this month! An obvious playful nod to We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, the dozen tracks feature six original Springsteen songs inspired by […]
Out today – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s ‘Dirty Shirt Rock ‘n’ Roll’ (free stream): http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/15 Those Darlins – video session: http://www.laundromatinee.com/sessions/video_session__those_darlins Death by hamburger: http://www.forkparty.com/heart-stopping-hamburgers-cheeseburgers-pictures/ Richard Thompson 1994 FM: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=296551 Stream the new Sharon Jones disc: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125142001
Every time I hear about a new Rufus Wainwright release, I get excited. All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu will be released on April 20th and last week I received an advance copy. I uploaded it, listened to it […]
Robert Earl Keen Lincoln Theatre-Raleigh, NC March 28, 2010 A long weekend of music came to a close Sunday night where I found myself back at the Lincoln Theatre for a show by Robert Earl Keen. After witnessing both a […]
Sometimes, like the gathering of the elements that make the perfect storm, the music, the lyrics, the vocals all come together to create songs and an album that just “blows you away”. That happened to me this morning when I […]
Sometimes, like the gathering of the elements that make the perfect storm, the music, the lyrics, the vocals all come together to create songs and an album that just “blows you away”. That happened to me this morning when I […]
A number of musicians will play a benefit concert for Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward at New Orleans’ Howlin’ Wolf on April 27. Hayward was diagnosed with serve liver disease and is currently off the road. Rad Gumbo: A New […]
by Elena See, FolkAlley.com NPR’s First Listen – Click here to hear Black Prairie’s debut CD, Feast of the Hunters’ Moon, in it’s entirety, or sample each track separately. NPRMusic.org — Listening to Black Prairie’s debut, Feast of the Hunter’s […]
I’m 32, which is really neither here nor there. I’m old enough to rent a car, own a home, adopt a child, and hold public office. I have three or four grey hairs. I’m old enough to know I don’t […]
Tickets for the 51st Annual Newport Folk Festival went on sale on Friday…and I bought some. I doubt the Newport experience with top that of Telluride, but I am honestly more excited about the Newport lineup and the travel distance […]
