Dispatches from the cat (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
I've been downloading a podcast called "Miller's Tales" - this is a posh-sounding woman, based in Scotland I think, who puts together a roundup of what she calls "Americana" or even folk music. But what she won't call it is "country", even though on the podcasts i lisened to the music is 90/95% country. Country gets a bad rap in Britain. say you like country and people...
So Quoted (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Wherein the i is optional From my iPod: Jesse , Joan Armatrading Jesse James , The Pogues Jessie's Girl , Rick Springfield Deficit (Jesse Helms) , Bill Hicks Why Won't Jesse Helms Just Hurry Up and Die? , MC Hawking Not from my iPod: Jesse , Julian Lennon Jesse , Carly Simon Jesse , Scott Walker Jesse , Janis Ian Dear Jessie , Madonna Jessie , Joshua Kadison Kim & Jessie , M83 Jesse James , recorded...
View From The Porch (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Bobbi's post about the famous sticker on Woody Guthrie's guitar gave me the idea to put a sticker on Woody Harrelson's banjo... Somebody who's a more dab hand with the software should be able to take that ball and run with it. ;)
The 'Spill (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Andrew Jackson Jihad starts us off with a wealth of hope and advice, truthfully letting us know he’s ripped off Woody Guthrie.. although ‘I gave my money to the bank to look after it’ could be regrettable. Kotchy kicks arse with track two – (Jimi Tenor meets Junior Boys via some Prince) and it’s not braggard cash, just a sweet spot. Bran Van 3000 party up our Sunday night,...
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
On October 27, 2009 Smithsonian Folkways will release Go Waggaloo a 13-track disc of children's music from Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family featuring her husband Johnny Irion, their two daughters, and a host of other family and friends including her father Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Pete's grandson Tao Rodriguez Seeger. Guthrie presents thoughtful yet playful recordings of traditional songs and new...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
It's no replacement for The Asch Recordings , but the sound quality is revelatory. And besides, it's Woody Guthrie . It's impossible to imagine the direction American roots music would've taken without Woody Guthrie. As a songwriter and interpreter, his presence looms over this country's music, including rock 'n' roll. The scope of his repertoire is unparalleled, and the very spirit of Guthrie's music...
O L O (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
A bit of a round-up of recent ramblings squashed together.. Dear Diary, SUMMER ENDED. 'Back From England' lyrics..a snippet - "let's all queue for the view, see who swamp thing's gonna screw, lord henry hoover suck it up, then u go screw it up!". http://beanburner.tumblr.com/post/167256258/the-fall-big-new-prinz & http://beanburner.tumblr.com/post/167258989/dick-dale-mexico . "hi...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Doron sez, "Folk musician Steven Arntson wanted to write a song that riffed on a Woody Guthrie's 'I Ain't Got No Home'. Guthrie's song was based on the Carter Family's 'This World Is Not My Home' which was in turn based on an old spirtual... Unfortunately Arnston is finding out that current copyright law does not allow for the creative give and take that was once a vital and basic part of music...
Aversion Music (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
One socially aware folksinger received an award named after another socially aware folksinger.
Zero G Sound (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
. Arlo Guthrie's seventh record follows a formula that he'd been developing over the past several years - a handful of interesting originals mixed with a song or two by a legend, something traditional, a couple of jokes, and one of Dad's tunes. Guthrie's fondness for nostalgia mixed with his '60s idealism could turn such predictability into folky mush, but things are kept fresh by his strong sense...
Zero G Sound (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
. In the midst of the singer/songwriter era, Arlo Guthrie chose to become his generation's true folk singer, closer in spirit to Pete Seeger than to James Taylor, more an interpreter than a prolific songwriter. In this role, he kept songs alive that may have been forgotten or were never known, and recorded songs from the pens of his contemporary peers. "Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys" follows...
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Jay Farrar seems to be getting a lot of musical inspiration from the past these days. As we’ve previously reported, the Son Volt front man teamed up with DC4C’s Ben Gibbard to record an album based on a Jack Kerouac novel. Farrar will now take a page out of his old Uncle Tupelo band mate’s playbook by putting out an album of unrecorded Woody Guthrie songs. While there isn’t...
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Some bands labor for years in obscurity before writing an album that makes people take notice, while other bands find a sound early on that resonates well with listeners. Oklahoma City's Red City Radio are a band that came seemingly from out of nowhere this year with a stellar EP titled To the Sons & Daughters of Woody Guthrie and began attracting attention from many people, including the fine...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
It's been six years since the singer-songwriter and Americana ambassador last released a record. Thankfully, her writer's block seems to have come to an end I have to say, even though 2009 has produced some great musical surprises, I'm still waiting for the new Gillian Welch album. It's been six years since her last record, Soul Journey, and the anticipation has reached fever pitch. This is because...
Top of Texas Gazette (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
From Wiki: Philip David Ochs (pronounced /ˈoʊks/) (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was a U.S. protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice. He wrote hundreds of songs in the 1960s and released eight albums in his lifetime....
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