Click on the link here for Audio Player: Melanie in Concert at The Paris Theater – 1975 – BBC 6 Music Melanie is one of those artists who helped define the genre of the Singer-Songwriter in the 1960s. Straddling the worlds of Pop and Folk, Melanie managed to embrace both
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Mumford and Sons at Glastonbury 2013 If someone had told me back in 2007, when I first ran across Mumford and Sons via their Myspace page, that they would be the closing act for the Glastonbury Festival in 2013, I would have
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Daughter – live at Glastonbury – recorded June 30, 2013 Continuing on our quick recap of the Glastonbury Festival from last week. Daughter are another band who haven’t been around very long, but have managed to get a lot of attention in
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Since New-Folk has been making inroads towards mass popularity of late, I was reminded of another band, quite a while ago, who also had that magical combination of Folk and Rock and a string of hits to go along with
Click on the link here for Audio Player: I understand Aztec Two-Step are still alive and kicking and touring around. I will admit they slipped off my radar around the time of this concert broadcast, via WLIR-FM, in 1976. No good reason, just distracted – 1976/1977 were busy
Click on the link here for Audio Player: I originally ran this on my previous site a few years ago, but it seems as apropos now, maybe even more so, than it did then. There seems to be a resurgence in interest towards Folk Music of late. Perhaps
Click on the link here for Audio Player: First Aid Kit are probably one of the most unique and engaging duos currently making waves on the nu-Folk scene. Johanna and Klara Söderberg, barely in their 20s create a heady mix of Folk, Country and Alternative, and add a
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Another loss – today it’s Richie Havens, the iconic singer whose appearance at Woodstock in 1969 cemented his place in the annals of Rock. A prolific songwriter whose material constitutes a who’s-who of artists who have recorded his work. He
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Over to Madrid tonight for a set by the fantastic Spanish folk duo of Myriam Gutierrez and Anibal Sanchez and their band The Bright. Considered at the forefront of the new Folk movement in Spain, The Bright have been making
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Since festival season is kicking into gear this weekend with the opening of Coachella, I thought I would try and get some of you up to speed as to who you might possibly be missing, or might want to catch if you
