Gregory Alan Isakov — Evening Machines Label: Dualtone Music To listen to Gregory Alan Isakov‘s album, Evening Machines, is to take a highly personal trip. His gorgeous music is so evocative and inviting that it cannot help but inspire the listener to travel inward and supply these mesmerizing songs with some intimate context. The songs … Continue reading
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Newly Found Folk/Americana Performances: Ian & Sylvia — ‘The Lost Tapes’
Ian & Sylvia — The Lost Tapes Label: Stony Plain Records (Release date: September 6, 2019. The Lost Tapes is being released prior to Ian and Sylvia’s inductions into the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame. Both have previously been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.) The first thing you hear is applause. It … Continue reading
Must-Hear Music: Glenna Bell — ‘Let Freedom Ring: Songs for a New Generation’
Glenna Bell — Let Freedom Ring: Songs for a New Generation Glenna Bell has given us a new gift. Heck, Glenna Bell is a gift. The first time I was honored to hear her sing live, she took my breath away. Her latest album, Let Freedom Ring, is everything I hoped it would be—simply more … Continue reading
Ynana Rose — ‘Tea Leaf Confessions’
Ynana Rose — ‘Tea Leaf Confessions’ Label: Ynana Rose Music Sounding at the same time both comfortably familiar and bravely vulnerable, singer/songwriter Ynana Rose has released Tea Leaf Confessions. These are folk, blues, Americana songs, sung with warmth by a voice you can (and do, after the first note) trust. Ms. Rose composed ten of the eleven … Continue reading
New Music You Must Hear: Elliott Park — ‘Just Be’
Elliott Park — Just Be Has it been too long since you poured over the pages of the Guinness Book of Records in search of a challenge that will sustain you through the summer until the list of who’s in which class is posted on the school’s office windows in late August? Has it been … Continue reading
SZLACHETKA – Heart Of My Hometown
Szlachetka – Heart Of My Hometown A beautiful thing has happened in 2018: Szlachetka’s words and music, in the form of Heart of My Hometown, have been shared with a world hungry for stories worth telling delivered by an artist worth listening to. Folk/rock artist Szlachetka is a healthy blend of everything right about American music, past and … Continue reading
Mare Wakefield & Nomad — ‘Time To Fly’
Mare Wakefield & Nomad — Time To Fly True happiness is back! Put on Americana/folk duo Mare Wakefield & Nomad’s new album, Time To Fly, and you’ll hear what I mean. By “happiness,” I don’t mean to imply a constant smiley-faced state; I am talking about the pleasure that comes from discovering artists who do … Continue reading
Bear Family Records Has Compiled A New 3-CD Set Of The Historic ‘TRIBUTE TO WOODY GUTHRIE’ Concerts, Due Out 9/22
For the first time, both the 1968 Carnegie Hall and the 1970 Hollywood Bowl shows will be released on separate discs, complete with 20 previously unissued tracks. Performers include Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Tom Paxton, Odetta, Richie Havens, Pete Seeger and more. In 1972, Columbia Records and Warner Brother Records … Continue reading
Need Meaningful Inspiration? Eric Bibb’s ‘Migration Blues’ Will Get You There
Eric Bibb — ‘Migration Blues’ Label: Stony Plain Records The album offers a blend of originals and American folk classics (Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” and Bob Dylan’s “Masters Of War”), all of which deal with refugee or migrant crises. In the liner notes, Eric Bibb cites Cicero: “To be ignorant of what occurred … Continue reading
New Folk/Rock: Joe Goodkin — ‘Record Of Loss’
Singer/songwriter Joe Goodkin has released Record of Loss, the follow up to his 2015 achievement, Record of Life. It is the second in a trilogy of EPs; look for the third, Record of Love, later this year. I expect (or at least hope) that the future release will be as healing as this one is emotionally … Continue reading
