At 60, Bill Staines relies a little more on his lower register than he once did, but he still makes some of the friendliest folk music around. This time out, the Massachusetts native dips into a musical grab-bag that includes […]
At 60, Bill Staines relies a little more on his lower register than he once did, but he still makes some of the friendliest folk music around. This time out, the Massachusetts native dips into a musical grab-bag that includes […]
Benson Ramsey, half of the Pines, is the son of Bo Ramsey, longtime producer and sideman to Greg Brown, Red Houses most important act. This atmospheric second album and label debut, however, leaves no doubt that the duo didnt need […]
Perhaps the most relevant question asked by Jimmy LaFave on Cimarron Manifesto is: “Whatever happened to Johnny B. Goode?” Except for a couple of tracks, this is LaFave’s quietest, prettiest, most sensitive record — and that’s saying a lot, as […]
“Who would have thought that life would be this good?” Jorma Kaukonen asks in the liner notes, written on his 66th birthday at his farm in Ohio. Apparently, he’s as surprised as anyone. On his Red House debut, Kaukonen augments […]
There is a serenity, a stillness, in Lucy Kaplanskys work that almost deflects attention; its a quality that may have contributed to her being overlooked in the AOR/post-folk world of Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, et al. On her sixth […]
Self-titled albums tend to be debuts, but this is in fact the twelfth release from Chris Cunningham and John Hermanson, the acoustic folk duo known as Storyhill. In their case, the eponymous title signals a fresh start, a return to […]
“Sing like there’s no tomorrow,” John Gorka implores/instructs on “Broken Place”. He’d do well to heed his own advice. His fine baritone vocals have won him many fans, and his subtle observations of life’s small moments have led artists such […]
With singer-songwriters walking the earth in continually expanding numbers, it’s a wonder more of them don’t band together to try to differentiate themselves from the pack. That’s sort of the story of Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta, and Annabelle Chvostek, collectively […]
Lynn Miles music could teach you a bunch of stuff about life and love that you need to know or at least itll articulate, in potent language and eloquent melody, what youve already figured out but havent quite formulated yourself. […]
Bill Staines once appeared on an NPR folk music program and delivered a subdued but seemingly heartfelt version of Bruce Springsteen’s “No Surrender”. Then he abruptly apologized (“Well, we all have those kinds of feelings every now and then”) and […]
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