folk Archive
29 Jan 2019
It’s Just a Box of Wood: A Conversation with Leo Kottke (Part One)
An edited version of this transcript appeared in Rock and Roll Globe. Leo Kottke is a giant in the guitar world. While his work rarely veers into the rock idiom, […]
28 Jan 2019
Leo Kottke’s Lifelong Love/hate Relationship with the 12-string Guitar
One of the most celebrated and admired acoustic guitarists working in a fingerpicking style, Leo Kottke is an acknowledged master of the 6- and 12-string. With more than two dozen […]
19 Jan 2019
EP Review – CarnyMusic
CarnyMusic is the name San Francisco-based multi-intrumentalist, singer and songwriter Mike Carnahan gives to his latest project. A four-song, 18 minute set, this self-titled EP features somber, melancholy textures on […]
19 Jan 2019
Album Review: Norine Braun – Through Train Windows
There’s long been an appealing character to songs inspired by travel. Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Norine Braun’s Through Train Windows is the latest entry in that tradition; it’s a collection of […]
17 Jan 2019
Asheville’s Top 10 for 2018
2018 has brought forth a bumper crop of superb albums in every genre from artists local (or with strong connections) to Asheville and the surrounding region. Any of these 10 […]
16 Dec 2018
Album Review: Todd Warner Moore — Spark
When an album of music opens with a spoken-word prologue, it positions itself as, well, a certain kind of album. And Todd Warner Moore’s Spark starts just that way, hipping […]
29 Nov 2018
Ranky Tanky: Preserving Gullah Culture Through Music
Gullah is a Creole language spoken in a concentrated geographical area, the low-country region along the Atlantic coastal islands in Georgia and the Carolinas. The Gullah people are descendants of […]
17 Nov 2018
A Few Moments with Aaron Burdett
North Carolina-born Aaron Burdett is an award-winning singer-songwriter with an impressive back catalog; he released his first official album in 2005. Burdett’s latest is Refuge, and it explores an even […]
10 Nov 2018
Album Review: Geoff Gibbons – Shadow of a Stone
Geoff Gibbons is a Vancouver-based singer-songwriter; this four-song EP is merely the latest in a long string of releases. There’s a contemplative and majestic feel to these songs, with arrangements […]
23 Oct 2018
Album Review: Gwenifer Raymond — You Never Were Much of a Dancer
There’s a dark undercurrent to much of the folk music coming out of the tradition of the British Isles; maybe that has to do with the region’s history. But that […]