Nate Silver, the statistical wizard who made his bones as a baseball analyst and then proved his mastery by making eerily accurate predictions of elections over the past few cycles, edits a blog called Five Thirty Eight. A feature of […]
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When you think of traditional, “folk singers,” transgender singer/song-writer Shawna Virago may not come to mind, but she should. She’s the definitive of “folk music,” which is not just an expressive body of work, it’s a cultural movement, it’s not […]
Singer-Songwriter Chrystyna Marie’s music sweeps you away as her vocal presence is in a league of its own. She’s a little bit of rock, a little bit of blues, and all heart. She doesn’t bellow notes aimlessly into the stratosphere, instead […]
The NorFOLK Festival came to downtown Norfolk, VA, for a second year, bringing truly outstanding music and musicians locally, regionally, and statewide. Held in O’Connor Brewing Company’s brewery at the edge of the Ghent neighborhood, the weather was threatening, causing many […]
As much as I follow/listen to a certain kind of music, I still sometimes get hit over the side of the head with something new, that manages to sing out “new” and “true” and says “listen to me! you old […]
It had been nearly six years to the day since I had seen Gillian Welch and David Rawlings in Charlottesville, Virginia, on the initial The Harrow & the Harvest tour, so I was not about to miss this short mini-tour to celebrate the album’s release […]
For generations, fiddles and banjos have played a role in the music of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. In turn, musicians who are Cherokee, or of Cherokee descent, have helped shape the sound of bluegrass and old-time music. The […]
When asked about the music of his one-man band Strand of Oaks, Tim Showalter is tight-lipped, usually answering with a few words or a brief sentence or two. He shows no reluctance on the band’s website, however, spewing loads of […]
Once only used by independent bands looking to fund the creation of new music outside of the traditional label system, crowdfunding has become something much more, while still maintaining its independent roots. A look at any of the major crowdfunding […]
Alternative folk songwriter and guitarist Alan Getto’s debut album, Versus, was released on August 18th, 2017. The LP, recorded over one long weekend at Studio 101A in Southern New Hampshire, was inspired by paradoxical elements of life and Getto’s examining of his transition into his current lifestyle, finding a […]
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