Photographs by Jacki Sackheim As American music history continues to unfold, our icons, legends, troubadours, and storytellers often bring with them unique windows of time that only they can open. Sometimes, thanks to the clear-eyed legacy of a living legend, […]
As the decades of contemporary music move beyond the nostalgic years of the past and into history, it is the most authentic of the singer-songwriters who have kept those times alive and relevant today. Folk singer Tom Paxton is chief […]
As I was getting ready to go out the other night, my teenage son was doing the same. With his Spotify playlist blasting through the computer speakers, I heard a Patti Smith song and paused to tell him the story about the […]
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 […]
