folk Archive
18 Aug 2016
Loudon Wainwright III: “All right … I hope.”
With more than two dozen studio albums to his credit, Loudon Wainwright III is carrying on a proud (and sometimes revered) tradition as a folk troubadour. “They used to call […]
20 Jun 2016
Colvin & Earle: Embracing Spontaneity
Though they both have thriving and creatively satisfying musical careers of their own, singer/songwriter/musicians Steve Earle and Shawn Colvin recently decided to work together on an album; Colvin & Earle […]
13 Apr 2016
Album Review: Bobby Long — Ode
At only 30, Bobby Long has a deep catalog of work. After three self-released albums beginning with 2009’s Dirty Pond Songs, he signed with ATO Records and began a string […]
11 Apr 2016
Album Review: Sammy Walker — Brown Eyed Georgia Darlin’
The pop music world has long been on a quest for the Next Fill-in-the-blank. After The Beatles stormed American shores, the rush was on to sign every band with a […]
14 Jan 2016
Album Review: Peter Case — HWY 62
Peter Case first came to notoriety as one third of The Nerves, a critically acclaimed power pop trio that didn’t hang around long enough to capitalize on the genre’s brief […]
11 Jan 2016
Album Mini-review: Milk Lines — Ceramic
File next to: Skip Spence, 13th Floor Elevators, Black Angels Just when you think the guitar-and-drums-duo format is totally played out, along comes Montréal-based Milk Lines. Rather than slammin’, unsubtle […]
24 Nov 2015
Just Plain Wonderful: Iain Matthews and Plainsong Reinvent Richard Fariña
Richard Fariña was a significant member of the American folk music movement of the early 1960s. A fixture of the Greenwich Village scene that brought forth Bob Dylan, Fariña made […]
09 Oct 2015
Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins
I didn’t know a thing about Ted Hawkins and his music before arriving in Nashville. But among tastemakers, the long-dead folk/Americana (though the term Americana wasn’t in use during his […]
09 Sep 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for September, Part 8 of 8
This current round of hundred-word reviews wraps up with four archival/reissue releases from the fine folks at Omnivore Recordings, and a self-released retrospective form an overlooked Nashville group. Raging Fire […]
26 Jun 2015
Rising Appalachia: Making Music with Intention (Part 3)
Continued from Part Three… Leah Song relates that Rising Appalachia have many friends around the country who are involved in art and creative projects. “Many of them,” she notes, “end […]