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Melissa Ferrick
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Monday, May 20, 2013
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Melissa Ferrick rose to prominence during the 1990s, in a wave of popularity and attention being paid to women who played acoustic music. As some of those women have struck it big and others petere... -
Tall Heights - Interview about 'Man of Stone'
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
The Boston, Mass., music scene has been pumping out remarkable innovators in the realm of contemporary folk music the past few years, and Tall Heights are no exception to that rule. With their debu... -
Tall Heights
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Boston folk duo Tall Heights is one of the most buzzed-about bands on the national folk circuit right now, turning their two voices, a guitar, and a cello into some of the most lovely and lush arra... -
Patty Griffin - 'American Kid'
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
Patty Griffin's seventh studio album in her 17-year recording career is one of her most stunning yet. Where her previous release - 'Children Running Through' (ATO Records, 2007) - explored themes o... -
Ruth Moody - 'These Wilder Things'
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
Ruth Moody is perhaps best known as one-third of the Wailin Jennys, but she's also forged quite a glorious solo career with a small handful of discs released on Red House Records. With the release ... -
Ruth Moody
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Ruth Moody may be best known as one-third of the beloved Canadian folk group the Wailin' Jennys. But, Moody has forged quite the solo career for herself across a handful of stirring and emotionally... -
Pete Seeger - 'Pete Remembers Woody' (Tribute to Woody Guthrie)
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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Monday, May 06, 2013
In 2012, Woody Guthrie would have turned 100 years old, and the year was full of appropriate tributes, concerts, parties and celebrations to mark the occasion. One of the most moving tributes was a... -
Pete Seeger
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Monday, October 17, 2005
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Pete Seeger is widely known as one of the largest influences on contemporary American folk music. From his championing the use of traditional songs in movements to writing some of the hardest hitti... -
Aoife O'Donovan (of Crooked Still)
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Monday, April 29, 2013
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Aoife O'Donovan is perhaps so far best known for being the frontwoman in envelope-pushing bluegrass outfit Crooked Still. But, since that band's dissolution, O'Donovan has been lending her voice to... -
Richie Havens
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Richie Havens was one of the most influential artists of the contemporary folk music revival, starting with his Greenwich Village debut in the early 1960s, through his landmark, historical performa... -
Andrew Duhon - Interview about 'The Moorings'
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
New Orleans songwriter Andrew Duhon is quickly earning praise and attention from the folk and Americana blogosphere for his new album 'The Moorings'. Learn more about this great up-and-coming singe... -
Andrew Duhon
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
New Orleans songwriter Andrew Duhon is earning a lot of buzz on the singer-songwriter circuit for his 2013 release 'The Moorings'. Learn more about Andrew Duhon with this biography and background. -
Black Prairie
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Black Prairie burst on the scene back in 2010 with a high-octane bluegrass album which was hailed as more of a side project for members of the Decemberists. But, with their sophomore effort - 'A Te... -
Chapin Sisters
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Monday, April 08, 2013
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Monday, April 08, 2013
The Chapin Sisters have been emerging on the national folk music scene for the past several years, from the release of their Lake Bottom LP in 2008 through to their full-length tribute to the Everl... -
Holly Williams - 'The Highway'
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
On her third full-length album, Holly Williams takes a folkier turn toward a more singer-songwriter style of music. Still with the old family twang, and with a pile of stories to break your heart, ... -
Holly Williams
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Holly Williams, it goes almost without saying, inherited the strong musical gene in the Williams family line. Daughter of Hank, Jr., and sister of Hank III, Holly has taken a decidedly different mu... -
Child Ballads - Choice Recordings of Francis James Child
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
From Martin Carthy to Pete Seeger and beyond, the collection of 300+ songs gathered by Francis James Child in the 19th Century has been recorded and explored by artists in the folk genre for the pa... -
Jefferson Hamer - Interview about 'Child Ballads'
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Friday, March 22, 2013
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Jefferson Hamer's recent collaboration with Anais Mitchell is bringing back to light a collection of some of the most mythical and magical old English and Scottish folk songs. The songs themselves ... -
Anais Mitchell - Interview about 'Child Ballads'
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
In 2013, Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer released a seven-song EP collection of songs from the ballads collected by Francis James Child. Titled simply 'Child Ballads', the recording has been ear... -
Jefferson Hamer - Folk Music
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Jefferson Hamer emerged toward the end of the first decade of the 2000s as a highly gifted collaborator, singer/songwriter, and allegiant force in both traditional and contemporary American, Irish,... -
Shannon Whitworth
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Friday, March 15, 2013
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Friday, March 15, 2013
From her time as banjo and guitar player for NC-based bluegrass outfit the Biscuit Burners to her moody and sensual solo work, Shannon Whitworth has dabbled in several areas of the Americana blanke... -
Hazel Dickens
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Thursday, March 06, 2008
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Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Hazel Dickens has been a consummate force in the bluegrass, country and folk worlds, working and singing for feminist issues and the rights of the working class. -
Important Women in Folk Music
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Friday, June 15, 2007
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Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Women in folk music run the gamut from singer-songwriters to blues guitarists, alt-country crooners and activist protest singers. Learn more about women in folk music, from the legendary trailblaze... -
Joan Baez - 'The First 10 Years'
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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Friday, March 01, 2013
From "Sweet Sir Gallahad" to "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", Joan Baez's first decade in the recording industry was replete with incredible music. Check out this greatest hits collection from that pr... -
The Rooftop Singers
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
The Rooftop Singers were one of the most popular singing groups during the mid-20th Century folk music revival in America. Learn more about the history of the Rooftop Singers and how their music he... -
Mary Gauthier - 'Live at Blue Rock'
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Mary Gauthier is one of contemporary folk music's great so-far under-the-radar singer-songwriters. Her incredible command of story-songwriting, her sense of humor, and her raw approach to performin... -
Mary Gauthier
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Mary Gauthier has been celebrated as one of contemporary folk music's great singer-songwriters for years, but her popularity with audiences has only begun to rise. Learn more about this great "song... -
Ani DiFranco - Self-titled
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
When Ani DiFranco self-released her self-titled debut in 1990, it was given to the world from the stage at gives, in the form of a cassette, back before independent music was trendily known as "ind... -
Five Great Folk Albums For Springtime
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Monday, March 20, 2006
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Spring is a time of new beginnings, warmer weather, and more time spent outside. As you venture out this springtime, here's a look at five albums which embody the light, hopeful newness of springti... -
Samantha Crain
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Since 2007, Samantha Crain has been slowly but surely turning more and more heads in folk and singer-songwriter circles with her lyrical and hard-hitting story songs. With the release of her 2013 d... -
All About Americana Music
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Americana artists pull from all areas of the music that has defined American culture, from R&B to country, bluegrass to indie rock. Americana artists frequently pull from traditional and contempora... -
Folk and Americana Music Nominees and Winners for the 2013 Grammy Awards
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Thursday, December 06, 2012
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Monday, February 11, 2013
The nominees for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards were announced on Dec. 5, 2012, and included some interesting surprises in the fields of folk and Americana music. There were also some great folk and...