April 1998 Our songs are like you and me, the product of a long human chain… —Pete Seeger Ever since the radical tradition of American folk music incubated in the 1930s, a loosely defined, loosely tied “folk music community” has […]
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Every image of Pete Seeger that’s been playing on a reel in my head today – and on videos that seem to be crowding the social media sphere as millions mourn the end of his incredible life – has Pete […]
Star power can be the thing that transforms raw material into spectacular material. Now, I’m not comparing Joe Nolan to, say, Britney Spears. I should hope not. The newest Six Shooter artist lined up some of the best in star-making […]
I was lucky to be a neighbor, friend and occasional accompanist of Pete Seeger for 22 years. (That’s me on the right above, with Steve Stanne and Pete in Beacon, N.Y., in 2010; photo by David Rothenberg.) Here are some […]
JANUARY 27,2014|10:40PM PT RE-POSTED FROM VARIETY with permission from Christopher Morris Folk singer Pete Seeger, who established the music as an expression of community, conscience and social justice during a career that spanned eight decades, has died. He was 94. […]
I haven’t written a concert review in a good long time. But this one felt worth reflecting on. However, it’s also a bit of a personal essay and who really cares about my relationship with music, right? So if you […]
My second gig of the year, and again is at the Old Cinema Launderette. I do go to other places, but when the offerings are this good, you have to take advantage! Harri Endersby opened the show, a local singer-songwriter, […]
Congratulations to Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite on winning the 2014 Grammy for Best Blues Album for their sublime Get Up! I’m reposting my review from when it came out here to say “I told you so!” in the best […]
By Ted Slowik Friday night I performed a 30-minute set at The Union in Naperville, Ill., opening for Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue. The crowd was great, braving brutal wintry conditions to turn out. There were more than […]
Every so often I’ll stumble across a story that is so note-perfect, so finely wrought, that my cynical side, the suspicious dimension of my nature is engaged. And since the arts are often home to some serious myth-making, when such […]
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