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Folk Pub Rock Punk 

Mr. Love & Justice: Billy Bragg at 65

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 65th birthday, Billy Bragg, England, folk, Michelle Shocked, Punk, The Clash

Jim Sullivan recounts his adventures with the English folk-punk legend

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Experimental Folk Heavy Metal 

Heilung: Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow in the 10th Century

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Black Metal, Bo Diddley, Drif, Edith Tudor-Hart, folk, Heilung, Krzysztof Penderecki, Pink Floyd, Season of Mist, Soviet Union, The Beatles, The Who, United States

The Northern European folk-metal collective have made the first truly great album to emerge from the Neo-Primtive Movement

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Folk Rock 

Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys: Arlo Guthrie at 75

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Alice’s Restaurant, Alice’s Restaurant Massacree, American Folk, Arlo Guthrie, folk, Massachusetts, Stockbridge, Woodstock, Woody Guthrie

Looking back on the long career of a legendary American son

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Folk Pop 

ALBUMS: Mandy Moore’s ‘In Real Life’ Declaration

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Jason Scott 0 Comments folk, In Real Life, Laurel Canyon, Mandy Moore, Pop, Silver Landings, This Is Us, UMG, Verve Records

The retro-pop songbird shoots across the synth-strew sky on new LP

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Alternative Rock Folk 

ALBUMS: The Lumineers Look on the BRIGHTSIDE

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2022, album, BRIGHTSIDE, Dualtone Records, folk, Jeremiah Fraites, The Lumineers, Wesley Shultz

A fourth record beaming with light and hope

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Folk Rock 

Bruce Cockburn Returns To His Regularly Scheduled 50th Anniversary

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bruce Cockburn, Canada, folk, Greatest Hits, guitar, interview, rock, The 2nd Attempt Tour, True North

With a new Greatest Hits album, the Canadian folk-rock legend looks back on a half century in music

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Folk Rock 

The Art of Garfunkel

November 5, 2021November 9, 2021 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments 80th birthday, Art Garfunkel, folk, New York City, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel, The Graduate, The Sounds of Silence

The taller half of the iconic NYC folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel at 80

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Folk North Americana 

ALBUMS: Dar Williams Promises to Meet Us There 

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2021, BMG, Cold Spring, Dar Williams, folk, I'll Meet You Here, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Renew Records, Upstate NY

It’s a rendezvous well worth the wait

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Folk 

Judy Collins Spends an “Evening” in the Volunteer State

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Bob Dylan, folk, In Concert, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Maryville College, Roger McGuinn, Tennessee

The folk legend brings a beguiling blend of classics and conversation in Tennessee

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Folk 

Noel Paul Stookey On History, Happenstance and the Pursuit of Just Causes

June 17, 2021June 18, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Eugene McCarthy, folk, George McGovern, Just Causes, Mary Travers, Noel Paul Stookey, Peter Paul & Mary, Peter Yarrow, Washington D.C.

The American folk icon continues to stay true to his humanitarian roots on poignant new album

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Folk Punk Roots Soul 

War Ensemble

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 j. poet 1 Comment folk, Los Angeles, Nina Simone, Simple Syrup, Sunny War, Tracy Chapman

On her excellent new album, Sunny War creates folk music without limits

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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 

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North Americana 

Dave Simonett: Songs Full of Shadows and Light

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Dave Simonett, Dead Man Winter, folk, Jambands, Trampled By Turtles

The Trampled By Turtles frontman steps out for his first proper solo venture

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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

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Folk Remembrance 

Fare Thee Well, Bob Shane

February 3, 2020February 5, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Bob Shane, folk, Mary Travers, Peter Paul & Mary, RIP, The Kingston Trio

The man who led the Kingston Trio to explore new frontiers in folk music dies at 85

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