Phil Shapiro launched the radio show “Bound for Glory” as an undergrad in 1967 and the show matured into its current form – a mix of live performance and recorded tunes – in 1969 at Cornell and on WVBR radio. […]
Andy Revkin, best known as a prize-winning environmental journalist, is a singer/songwriter from the Mid Hudson Valley, former member of the roots/blues band Uncle Wade and frequent Pete Seeger accompanist. His first album, "A Very Fine Line," was released in December, 2013, and features Dar Williams, the fiddler Bruce Molsky and the mandolinist Mike Marshall. Much more background is here on Medium.com.
Phil Shapiro launched the radio show “Bound for Glory” as an undergrad in 1967 and the show matured into its current form – a mix of live performance and recorded tunes – in 1969 at Cornell and on WVBR radio. […]
Son House classic done Uncle Wade style (my onetime band). A musical portrait of the dry conditions that occasionally beset farmers in America’s heartland. Background: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/heartland-droughts-and-global-warming/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
Some of the best music at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival is far from the official stages. Here’s Poor Old Shine, performing on the grass next to the food tents, Aug. 3, 2013. The band’s site: http://pooroldshine.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PoorOldShine Falcon […]
This is a 2011 UNCLE WADE performance of the classic Green River Blues (Charlie Patton blues dating from 1903 or so http://j.mp/greenriverhistory ). The vide…
This song describes the storied history and uncertain future of the national cemetery, honoring the fallen while asking, “Where will they go when there’s no more room in Arlington?” From “A Very Fine Line,’ the first CD by Andy Revkin.
“I’m in the red, I got no green, and I’m feeling so blue…” A song by Andy Revkin on debt from his CD “A Very Fine Line.”
This is a video interpretation of “Between the River and the Rails,” a song from the first CD of songs by Andy Revkin. Featuring Bruce Molsky on fiddle, Seth Gallagher on uilleann pipes. http://j.mp/vflamazon
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