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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Ripple In Still Water: American Beauty At 50

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 50th anniversary, American Beauty, Attics In My Life, Box of Rain, Grateful Dead, Pigpen, Ripple, Sugar Magonlia, Touch of Grey, Truckin'

A Grateful Dead classic still shines a half-century later

Folk Rock

You Dress In Black, But You Talk Like a Fed: Hawks & Doves at 40

November 15, 2020November 15, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1980, 40th Anniversary, David Briggs, Hawks & Doves, Neil Young

Reassessing a previously panned Neil Youg gem released at the cusp of the Reagan Years

Folk Pop

Joni Mitchell’s Salad Days

November 10, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Archives Volume 1--The Early Years (1963-1967), Box sets, CSNY, Fairport Convention, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Rhino, Tom Rush

The Early Years (1963-1967) offers a generous glimpse at the genesis of Joni’s genius

Folk Rock

Another Prine Makes It Two of a Kind

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments A Place I Used To Know, Billy Prine, Bob Dylan, Elizabeth Cotton, Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Oh Boy Records

John’s younger brother Billy makes it known that he can make music of his own

Folk jazz Pop

ALBUMS: The Cat is Back With An Extra Helping of Tea

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1970, 2020, Alun Davies, Bruce Lynch, Cat Stevens, Paul Samwell-Smith, Tea for the Tillerman, Tea for the Tillerman², Where Do The Children Play, Wild World, Yusuf

50 years later, Yusuf pays one more visit to the Tillerman with this beguiling remake of his beloved classic

Folk Pop

Joan Baez, Judy Collins & the Female Folk-Pop Rebellion of 1965

October 1, 2020September 30, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1965, Bo Diddley, Cher, Donovan, Ike & Tina Turner, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Phil Spector, Ray Charles, Roger Miller, Sonny Bono, The Byrds, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Ronettes

For singers like Baez and Collins, the revolution happened at an opportune time

Blues Folk

ALBUMS: The Levee Still Rises

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Allen Toussaint, Billy Conway, Chris Smither, More From The Levee, Signature Sounds, Still On The Levee

Chris Smither reboots more songs from his vast repertoire

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana

My Baby Needs A Shepherd: Red Dirt Girl Turns 20

September 17, 2020November 5, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Guy Clark, Nonesuch, Patti Scialfa, Patty Griffin, Red Dirt Girl, Wrecking Ball

Emmylou Harris dug deep and struck Grammy gold with her country-folk classic

Folk

ALBUMS: Neil Young Proves He’s Still A Credible Crusader

September 11, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments Bob Dylan, Donald J. Trump, Lookin' for a Leader 2020, Neil Young, Neil Young. The Times, Reprise, The Times, The Times They Are A’ Changin

A Fireside Sessions-inspired EP proves that in these Times, the need for protest is as urgent as ever

Blues Folk Rock

LISTEN: Van the Man is 75

August 31, 2020September 1, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments COVID-19, Happy Birthday, Polydor, The Chieftains, Van Morrison

Celebrating this birthday milestone for Irish rock icon Van Morrison with a stroll through an essential fraction of his catalog

Blues Folk Latin New Wave Pop Pub Rock Punk Reggae Remembrance Rockabilly

Happy Birthday Joe Strummer

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Albert Hammond Jr., Beto O'Rourke, Bob Gruen, Bob Weir, Brian Fallon, Bruce Springsteen, Cherry Glazerr, Dhani Harrison, Hinds, HR of Bad Brains, Jim Jarmusch, Joe Ely, Joe Strummer, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Lucinda Williams, Matt Dillon, Save Our Stages, Spider Stacy and Cait O'Riordan of The Pogues, Steve Buscemi, The Clash, Tom Morello

The late punk icon would’ve turned 68

Blues Folk Pop

Peter Himmelman’s Pursuit of Passion and Perseverance

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Al Wolovitch, Andy Kamman, Eric Moen, Jeff Victor, Peter Himmelman, Press On, Sussman Lawrence

A new album, Press On, provides an unintended look at life with a pandemic presence

Folk Indie Rock

Business Womyn of the New Millennium

August 6, 2020 Nikki Wertheim 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Neil Young, Sara Quin, Tegan Quin, This Business of Art, Vapor Records

How ProTools and Neil Young helped put Tegan and Sara over in the year 2000

Folk North Americana

John Craigie: Infinity and Simplicity

July 22, 2020July 30, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments Arlo Guthrie, Asterisk the Universe, John Craigie, John Prine, Thirty Tigers, Tom Snyder, Townes Van Zandt

An exclusive chat with the man who wants to asterisk the universe

Bluegrass Classical Folk

ALBUMS: A Well-Synched Supergroup

July 21, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, Not Our First Goat Rodeo, Sony Masterworks, Stuart Duncan, The Goat Rodeo Sessions, Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile offer hope that Not Our First Goat Rodeo suggests there’s more to come

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