Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | yesterday
Although a songwriter, folk icon Judy Collins is best known as an interpreter of material by the most revered stars of the 1960s folk movement. That description, however, doesn’t do justice to the way in which Collins takes the music...
Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Thea Gilmore Breaks New Ground This Season with her Holiday Debut Strange Communion The critically-acclaimed UK singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore has just released a holiday collection 'Strange Communion' via Rykodisc.
Appalachian History (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Rebecca Dart , a Vancouver comic book artist and animator, is turning heads this week with her fresh visualization of the old-time tune "On the Banks of the Ohio." Click on each panel to see her wonderful linework enlarged. Says Wikipedia of this tune: " Banks of the Ohio is a 19th century murder ballad, written by unknown authors, in which 'Willie' invites his young lover for a walk...
The Quietus | All Articles (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Many look to the soul-dripped voice of James Mudriczki for the answer. It was the darkness in that voice that enticed into his fanbase; he returned the compliment by contributing a cover of 'Che' to the 'Born to the Breed' tribute album (alongside Leonard Cohen, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez and Chrissie Hynde). But there's much more, a vast lake if not an ocean to wade through. On the highlights alone —...
Gertsamtkunstwerk (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Imagine line-up revealed The BBC has unveiled the artists that will be explored in the forthcoming series of flagship culture programme Imagine. The new season will start with a show on sculptor Anish Kapoor on November 17 at 10.35pm... ...Later...
KentNewsNet.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The genre of "folk" music has always been given to certain connotations and misnomers. The mere mention of it conjures a litany of images from Pete Seeger yearning for hardware to Joan Baez reassuring 1969's Woodstock festival that they would, in fact, overcome.
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
In the late '30s and '40s, Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys were the biggest stars in country music, but when he appeared onstage at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival, he did so after a number of years spent toiling in relative obscurity The 1963 Newport Folk Festival boasted a roster filled to the brim with up and coming young performers including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Ian and Sylvia. Though the...
MetroMusicScene.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Bruce Springsteen has recently done a lot to revivify the tradition of American folk music. Not the sixties love and flower power, Joan Baez kind of folk, but the folk that forms the very roots of rock and roll; simple, unadorned songs that relied upon the power of the voice, of the word and of the spirit―dustbowl ballads, spirituals, church hymns―to tell the sad stories of the disasters,...
. (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Oh, does this bring back memories. Joan Baez sings it nearly as well as we did growing up around the campfire.
FarrFeed (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Perfect teeth: that’s always the giveaway, perfect teeth. In older people especially, shiny white teeth equal money and complacency, freedom from want. The ability to pay without reservations, second thoughts, or worrying about the bills. I watched the PBS American Masters show about Joan Baez at PBS.org last night, but all I could think of [...] Post from: FarrFeed American Death Song Related...
Hugo Schwyzer (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Lots of new stuff I’ve discovered lately: #2, #6, and the bonus are from three of my favorite new artists. (I discover lots of new music listening to “Outlaw Country” on Sirius Satellite Radio.) 1. “Just Breathe”, Pearl Jam 2. “L.A. County Blues”, The Band of Heathens 3. “This is England”, the Clash 4. [...]
BookingBuddy Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Across the Charles River from downtown Boston, you'll find a city with a green conscience. Discover Cambridge's eco side without spending a fortune. Dine on organic and vegetarian pizza at a local cafe, shop for environmentally friendly gifts, and stay...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
It's a little surprising that until now, no one has put together a tribute album to folk's fertile days in New York's Greenwich Village. 429...
Noli Irritare Leones (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
From one of my fellow Quaker Facebook friends: NPR has outtakes from Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound.
Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Beautiful Star: The Songs Of Odetta - a benefit compilation curated by Wears The Trousers magazine Dubbed the "Queen of American folk music" by Martin Luther King Jr in 1961, Odetta Holmes was one of the most influential recording artists of the 20th century and an important voice of the Civil Rights Movement.
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