Sharon Goldman is one of the musicians who make up Chicks with Dip---a talented bunch of women who have been touring with their tribute to Joni Mitchell’s Blue album.  Sharon’s songs are honest and direct, guided by an impeccable voice that draws you in at the first note.

When did you first realize you had the singer-songwriter bug?  And how did you act upon that dream?

I realized I had the singer-songwriter bug -- or at least the dream of it -- in the…

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Originally posted at RootHogRadio.com

Lydia Loveless - Indestructible Machine by Melissa Warner

Since Neko Case it’s been hard to find a woman on the country scene with such honesty and passion, that is until Lydia Loveless surfaced. Loveless was raised in a small Ohio…

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Let's agree that most YouTube videos of cover songs by high-school students are meant to entertain a small circle of friends and earn derisive snorts much beyond the school grounds. Few are so pure in intention and strikingly beautiful in execution that they break the heart of the original artist.

Canadian students Kate Macdonald and Janelle Blanchard recorded a version of Neko Case's brooding "Star Witness" on a school…

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Friend of Mine  - The Bill Morrissey Tribute Concert

Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA        November 17, 2011

 

The show was set to start at 7:00 pm , but at 6:45 the on stage video screen lit up with Bill’s infectious grin. The footage was of a performance at a small arts festival in Massachusetts from 1991 and included an interview with Acoustic Café host, Brad Paul. Bill was his usual witty self, joking that his then upcoming “new” album (“Inside” released in Jan.…

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If you live in LA, the closing of the 405 is being talked about like the apocalypse. So here's some songs to listen to whilst hiding in your house this weekend.

Carmageddon Songs...



Guy Clark "LA Freeway" "If I could just get off of this LA freeway without gettin' killed or caught..."

 

 

The Byrds "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"…

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I think maybe I have an unfair advantage with this week’s album, and next week’s choice too (Corb Lund’s Horse Soldier Horse Soldier): I already know and love these artists.  But somehow, there are albums that I never got around to listening to, and I keep the rotation of the few that I know and love going without giving the other albums a chance.  I suppose my ultimate goal with this project is exactly that: listen to the records that are getting dusty on my shelf.  And knowing the…

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ROOTS ON THE RAILS HOLIDAY DISCOUNTS ON

JANUARY AND APRIL 2011 WEST COAST MUSIC/TRAIN TRIPS…

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A few months back I interviewed Peter Case and was honored to be able to be in the audience at Claremont Folk Music Center and McCabe's in Claremont, Calf. as he kicked off his new tour following a year of recovery from heart surgery. Looking like an updated version of Dave Van Ronk, he's been steady on the road since June and the Americana tour circuit has been all the better for it. This YouTube is especially well-produced. I love this song....a great haunt of urban… Continue

PETER RETURNS

WITH A CASE OF THE BLUES

By Terry Roland

(originally published in FolkWorks)



Peter Case , fully recovered from open heart surgery, begins a U.S. tour with a solo performance at Claremont's Folk Music Center this Saturday, June 26, followed by an already sold-out show(a second show has been added) at McCabe's on July 9th. His new record, Wig, on… Continue

“When I think of Peter Wolf I always remember the Portuguese proverb: ‘Never say you will not drink from that glass again.’ ”

– Faye Dunaway, Academy Award-winning actress and Wolf’s former wife, in her 1995 autobiography, Looking for Gatsby



“You never say never.” – Peter Wolf



Same subject (L-O-V-E). Same sorrowful scenario (L-O-S-T). Totally different playing partners.



Peter Wolf,… Continue

In my opinion, 2009 was a great year for music. Not the mainstream stuff, mind you, or even much of the indie/underground stuff, but if you really knew what you were looking for, you could stumble onto a classic.



This is my first post here and in order for you to get better acquainted with my musical taste (which I describe as eclectic), here are my top 10 albums of this year:

1. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- The Live Anthology

2. Deer Tick-… Continue

DENVER — Continuing in their efforts to combine tradition with cutting edge new music, Swallow Hill Music is pleased to announce Judy Collins and Neko Case headlining the fourth annual RootsFest with Paper Bird and Trace Bundy at the renowned Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Saturday, March 6, 2010 in Denver, CO.



Few artists have displayed the staying power folk icon Judy Collins. For nearly 45 years her dulcet tones have graced our ears, and her poetic lyrics have galvanized a… Continue

As Host + Producer of Well-Rounded Radio, a big part of what I love doing for the podcasts I produce is having an interest in a topic and then getting to dig into it thoroughly before I interview a subject. As a series about music from every genre, Well-Rounded Radio is partly about music I like and love and want to share with others and partly about interviewing music industry "thought… Continue

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, the incredible (and FREE) San Francisco roots/Americana festival has announced a partial line up roster for the three day event.



So far the lineup includes Old Crow Medicine Show, Mavis Staples, Earl Scruggs, Hazel Dickens, Aimee Mann, Little Feat, The Wronglers, Okkervil River, Marianne Faithfull, Richie Havens, Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Neko Case, Dr. Dog, Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers, The Del McCoury Band, John Prine, Gillian Welch,… Continue

I am leaving for Maui on Monday morning and am taking suggestions for Must Have music for my trip.



I already have: M. Ward, Raising Sand, She & Him, Star Anna, Vince Mira, Sleeping in the Aviary, Devandra Banhart, Jenny Lewis' Rabbit Fur Coat, Neko Case and Justin Townes Earl.



I am having serious iTunes issues and if there's anyone out there in cyberspace that can help me trouble shoot, that'd be most rad. I'm… Continue

Oh Jenny Lewis, how do I love thee, let me count the ways? Your formative years as a child star, whose face has flickered across my television screen against the backdrop of so many of my favorite movies growing up. The brutally honest lyricism and vibrant poetic imagery your sweet voice brought toRilo Kiley during your days as an indie darling? The magnetic storytelling of Rabbit Fur Coat, your breakout as a (semi) solo artist that brought you back… Continue