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Folk Pop

ALBUMS: Sondre Lerche Finds Patience Worth Pursuing

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, A-ha, Patience, Prefab Sprout, Sondre Lerche

Norwegian expatriate soothes with a most sublime set of songs

Blues Folk

ALBUMS: Bob Dylan’s 39th Dream

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2020, Bob Dylan, Columbia Records, False Prophet, I Contain Multitudes, Murder Most Foul, Rough and Rowdy Ways

Rough and Rowdy Ways is Dylan’s most direct and exquisite album in a generation

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana

Doc Watson and Gathier Carlton: The Debut Album of an American Icon

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments David Grisman, Doc Watson, Elektra, Gaither Carlton, Jac Holzman, John Sebastian, Maria Muldaur, Pete Seeger, Pete Seigel, Smithsonian Folkways, The Even Dozen Jug Band

Record producer Peter Siegel shares his memories of the recordings he made the night of Watson’s first New York City concerts in 1962

Folk North Americana

John McCutcheon: A Voice Of Sanity with a Message of Reconciliation

June 12, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine, COVID-19, folk, John McCutcheon, Pete Seeger, Quarantine

The new album, Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine, features tales of hope and resilience for this trying time

Folk Hip Hop

John Forte’s New Album Riddem Drive is a Gift to His Wife and Daughter

June 4, 2020June 9, 2020 Joshua Dudley 0 Comments Ari Melber, George Floyd, George W. Bush, John Forte, MSNBC, Riddem Drive, Talib Kweli, The People's Party

One of the brightest lights of the Fugees multiverse has a lot on his mind

Blues Folk Rock

Is Rough and Rowdy Ways A Beginning or an End for Bob Dylan?

May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 Tim Sommer 3 Comments 2020, Bob Dylan, Bob Wills, Columbia Records, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Rough and Rowdy Ways, Sinatra, The Never Ending Tour

Reckoning with Dylan’s forthcoming double LP against the future of the Never Ending Tour

Folk Rock

David Bromberg: On The Road Again, As Soon As Possible

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Big Road, David Bromberg, Josh Kanusky, Larry Campbell, Mark Cosgrove, Nate Grower, Suavek Zaniesienko

Once the country opens back up, this folk-rock legend is itching to get back to touring it

Folk Rock

Neil Young’s Silver & Gold at 20: A Combination That Still Shines

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2000, Ben Keith, Harvest Moon, Neil Young, Reprise, Silver & Gold

The spiritual follow-up to Harvest Moon remains one of Neil’s very best of his 21st century output

Blues Dylan Folk

On “I Contain Multitudes,” Bob Dylan Transcribes Dreams For An Audience of One

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2020, Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly, I Contain Multitudes, Murder Most Foul, R. Stevie Moore, The Grateful Dead

Tim Sommer listens to the second new Dylan song since Quarantine began

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana Rock

Lilly Hiatt: Exploring Her Country Roots

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments John Hiatt, Lilly Hiatt, Nashville, New West Records, Trinity Lane, Walking Proof

The second generation singer-songwriter shines on the excellent Walking Proof

Blues Folk Soul

Still Bill, Just As He Was

April 6, 2020 James Porter 2 Comments Bill Withers, Columbia Records, Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic, Gil Scott-Heron, John Hammond, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Stevie Wonder, Swamp Dogg, Terry Callier

There was almost no precedent for Bill Withers in the 1970s

Folk Funk Remembrance Soul

LISTEN: Godspeed, Bill Withers

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ain't No Sunshine, Bill Withers, folk, funk, Grandma's Hands, Just The Two Of Us, Lean On Me, Lovely Day, RIP, Soul

Family announces the passing of the soul legend, who died on March 30 at age 81

Blues Dylan Folk

On Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul”

March 30, 2020April 1, 2020 Tim Sommer 15 Comments 2020, Bob Dylan, Murder Most Foul, Phil Ochs, The Beatles, The Mekons

The Bard to his generation: “You Fucked Up”

Blues Classical Country and/or Western Electronic Folk Gospel Pop Rock

The Great American Quarantine Tour: Week Two

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alexis P. Suter, Allman-Betts Band, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Devon Allman, Diplo, Tilly Foster, Tim Fogarty, Yo-Yo Ma

5 more commanding performances from the neverending living room concert

Experimental Folk Pop

Flesh Cartoons: Robyn Hitchcock’s Eye at 30

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1990, Eye, Queen Elvis, Robyn Hitchcock, Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, The Soft Boys

In 1990, the chief Egyptian casts his vision towards further fancies

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