I have been very lucky since Brian McNeal asked me to start reviewing new bluegrass CD releases for Prescription Bluegrass. My intake of new music has increased drastically! And I’ve been at it long enough now that I’m starting to […]
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Folk singer Arlo Guthrie has announced the death of his wife, Jackie, at age 68. Jackie Guthrie had inoperable cancer and died Sunday at the couple’s winter home in Sebastian, Florida, according to an obituary released by Arlo Guthrie’s record […]
“Twelve Years of Christmas,” the eighth album by the much-loved English quartet St. Agnes Fountain, made me think of something Arlo Guthrie told me a few years ago. Of course Guthrie, like his father Woody Guthrie, is best known for […]
I’m well used to people I know releasing albums, but I live in a city of 1.2 million, so it’s the sort of thing that you expect to happen here. It’s a bit different when a friend, who lives in […]
Go past the Nu-Folk section and turn right at Lo-Fi Well; let’s get this out of the way first; Joyce the Librarian is a stupid name for a band; but…..it did make me take notice when I opened the envelope; […]
Nonesuch Records, August, 2012 By Dan King Woody Guthrie did it. Pete Seeger did it. Joan Baez did it. Many musical artists down through time have enlisted their craft to make a political point or foster social change. August 2012 […]
It’d be nice if Brandi Carlile would go ahead and jump the fence into country territory instead of straddling it. Based on her performance on her latest, Bear Creek, she’s a hell of a lot easier to listen to than […]
Ye and indeed Ha! Alt-Country has just spawned another great group With a vocalist that spits out the lyrics, two gnarly guitars, a rhythm section that is as tight as a ducks bum and songs that are so honest, most […]
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