Singer-songwriter Thomas Hentges better known as Burlap Wolf King embarks on a Midwestern tour tonight in Sioux Falls South Dakota that will take him through seven states in the month of April. After the successful release of a new EP in his native state of South Dakota, Hentges will bring his brand of "bare-boned truth in song" to the masses with stops in Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa and North Dakota.

Burlap Wolf King has been turning folk, alt.country and…

Old Time Tin Pan Soul  from the Hills

Traditional music has gained quite a following here in the Midwest. Traditional being a very loose term these days. Just about every old punk, hipster and indie rocker is going folk. Goatees turn to handle bar moustaches and civil war era beards, mohawked rebels turn die-hard dapper-Dans complete with vintage vests and clip on bow-ties. People are trading their amplifiers for mandolins,…

I heard the late great Utah Phillips say "Folk Music is boring" during one of his own performances.

I hate to admit it, but as a folkie myself I've thought the same thing.  I've been hard pressed to find anything within contemporary folk music that's caught my attention in the past ten years save a few gems scattered here and there.  Oh sure, there's your Darrel Scotts, your John Prines, some Wailing Jennys and others that have earned serious spins on the iPod but it takes…

BurlapWolfKing is a name all too familiar here on the Midwestern prairie, and  singer-songwriter Thomas Hentges; a mainstay and young elder  statesman of the South Dakota regional music scene continues to pioneer and  revamp his self described "bare boned truth in song" sound.    2009's  psychedelic folk rock gem "the middle" continues to stand the test of time as one of my favorite independent releases of the the past decade and his involvement with the  influential Dakotaland…