At the age of 85, after six-plus decades in the music business — including numerous collaborations with Ewan MacColl, to whom she was married from 1977 until his death in 1989 — Peggy Seeger releases her 24th solo album, First […]
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Cambridge Folk Festival, one of the longest running folk festivals in the world, established in 1965, has always promoted equality and inclusion. The late Ken Woollard, the original founder, gave all artists the same billing on posters and publicity argued […]
This week’s column was going to be the final one of the year that focuses on new and upcoming roots music releases. But as there are more coming out than one column can hold, I’ll do another one in a couple of […]
Another fall publishing season has come and gone, and the last two columns have listed a few memorable books. For the past few weeks, publishers have been announcing their spring books. There are a few interesting memoirs — Jessi Colter weighs […]
Spend any time at all attending a Folk Alliance gathering, and it becomes real clear, real quick that this is not your run-of-the-mill music festival, conference, or gathering. Where so many trade conferences are full of schmoozy events and see-and-be-seen […]
“Men, watch out! There’s dangerous women everywhere!/Boy, beware! There’s violent females everywhere!/You read about rippers and rape in the news/Then you hear the clatter of high-heeled shoes.” So goes Peggy Seeger’s “B-Side”. If your gig van is plied with “No […]
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