Folk Music January 2012 Archive

Perhaps you know Darrell Scott as the multi-instrumentalist playing behind Robert Plant in the Band of Joy. Or maybe you know his songs from the huge country hits he's had ... Read More

Duluth, Minnesota-based power bluegrass troupe Trampled by Turtles will be hitting the road this spring in support of a new album they're releasing on April 10 via Thirty Tigers/RED. The ... Read More

I first became privy to Laura Gibson the same way I've discovered a load of great artists from the Pacific Northwest: while attending the Pickathon Indie Roots Music Festival. Gibson's ... Read More

Ani DiFranco has dropped a whopping 21 albums in as many years (some of those years included two releases in the same year), not to mention bootlegs, EPs, lending her ... Read More

Ralph Stanley has been making a living in the music industry for somewhere around 60 years - a feat by any standards. But, especially in the modern music industry, where ... Read More

Ever since I heard her album The Brightness, I've been a big fan of Anais Mitchell's unassumingly beautiful songwriting. In 2010, I named her folk opera Hadestown (based on the ... Read More

For five decades, Ry Cooder has been delivering fierce guitar licks across the musical spectrum - from jazz to calypso to film soundtracks, the blues, country, and beyond. With four ... Read More

Carolina Chocolate Drops have slowly and steadily been climbing to the top of the figurative folk music food chain since their debut on Music Maker back in 2006. Since then, ... Read More

There's no longer any way to deny it. We are firmly in a new year. This particular new year (2012) would have marked Woody Guthrie's 100th year on the planet, ... Read More