The Cajun band Feufollet is rolling down the highway to Columbus, OH, on the last third of their recent US tour, and their newest member – Appalachian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Kelli Jones-Savoy – is nervous. Her phone is dying, […]
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Matthew Lawrence is part of my extended family, though it’s difficult to tell what part. He’s my brother-in-law’s nephew, though he’s only a few years younger than my brother-in-law, a result of families that birthed generations at a young age. […]
It’s hard to imagine that the frenetic energy of bluegrass music wouldn’t filter into the vibe of the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Association Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, and in truth the week felt a bit like a whirlwind. Panels […]
The Medicine Show Radio Revue is now on the road, in my trusty Camper Van “The Heart Of Gold” So no broadcasts for 3 weeks (sorry) but I will have loads to share when we get back. We start of in Clarks on […]
By C.P.N. for KITHFOLK Lynched is a traditional irish group from Dublin, Ireland, started by brothers Ian and Darragh Lynch as a folk punk duo in the early 2000’s. They have recently added the masterful playing of Radie Peat and Cormac MacDiarmada. Their new album, Cold Old Fire, seamlessly […]
Each year we put out a Hearth Music Guide to the Northwest Folklife Festival, and this year you’ll need it. Folklife is probably the largest roots music festival in the nation, with about 250,000 people in attendance, hundreds of bands, […]
Americana Cavalcade is the most recent throb from the beating heart of country music in the heart of our country – Perth. (Line up and ticket info below) So why has the recent flowering of power pop country in the fare […]
It’s been about a month since the annual Folk Alliance International Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, but I’m still listening to all kinds of music from the new albums I picked up there and I’m still buzzing from the intensely […]
The late great Jackie Leven and I travelled the Highlands many times, I still find it hard to believe I’ll never see him again, but now at least I can listen to his music and not feel to much pain […]
Frankétienne is one of the foremost literary figures in the Caribbean, actor playwright, poet, artist and now recording artist, with a career that spans half a century, he has been short listed for the Nobel Prize and is wildly regarded […]
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