(Note: The new Folkways set isn’t the only “new” music from Huddie Ledbetter. A recently-discovered radio broadcast is a worthwhile addition to the man’s recorded legacy — bk) In 1948, on a Sunday evening in August, a new radio series […]
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In a letter written for Sing magazine in 1955, Pete Seeger wrote about his friend — and one of his biggest personal and professional influences — Huddie Ledbetter, a.k.a. Lead Belly: “Looking back, I think that the most important thing I learned from […]
I can’t imagine life without the iPod. I listen to music across a variety of genres. I love the opportunity to summon a song from a wide spectrum of tone, mood, and spirit. To have that itch scratched at a moment’s […]
As history continues to repeat itself in the race-plagued streets of the United States, and on the war-weary battlefields of the Middle East, people are again turning toward music to voice feelings that cannot be spoken, to comfort hearts that cannot […]
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