Waydown Wailers Bring It Back Backland Blues Waydown Wailers Woodstock Records 2018 Northern New Yorkers the Waydown Wailers have brought forth another excellent CD of mostly original tunes. Backland Blues, as the title would indicate, leans heavily on the Blues side of classic […]
This Planet We Call Home Dan Berggren 2017 Sleeping Giant Records “Dan is a throwback to the old role of the folk singer . . . he’s articulating things that need to be said right now.” – author Bill […]
Songs of The Wood Doug Irving 2016 Adirondack Records Doug Irving is a songwriter whose career has spanned decades and resulted in the release of 16 albums. Nearly 40 of his songs have been covered by other artists, […]
The Waydown Wailers are an original band from Northern New York State, comprised of Christian and Dave Parker (two brothers) on guitars, Conner Pelkey on bass, and Michael “Scruffy” Scriminger handling drums and percussion. Professor Louie again joins the boys […]
My, oh my, time sure does fly. It was almost exactly a decade ago I first heard of Chaz DePaolo from an Irishman in Lake Placid, NY, by the name of Paddy King. I was running a little local live music […]
“Hey, looks like the Whole Earth Catalog!” was my first thought when I laid eyes on The Rustic Riders latest CD, Wake Up! It’s a collection of 13 songs written and sung by Lisa Meissner, who along with her husband […]
Long ago, Roy Hurd established himself as singer/songwriter. Growing up where northern farmland meets the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, Hurd spent more than a decade in Nashville, working as a songwriter for Sony Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music. His […]
David Mallett is one of America’s great singer/songwriters. His music career began at the ripe old age of 11, and as a teenager, he and his brother Will performed as The Mallett Brothers around Central Maine, covering country and folk standards. As […]
I was familiar with Michael Falzarano’s work since 2005 as the rhythm guitarist of the reformed Country Rock band, The New Riders of The Purple Sage. I was also aware that he’d performed in a similar role with Hot Tuna. I’d […]
Until recently, my exposure to folksinger/song-finder Mike Agranoff’s work was limited to hearing him throw in a few songs at the Minstrel Show in Morristown, NJ — a venture that he shepherds. So, I was not prepared for the depth and beauty […]
