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eMusic’s #1 Album of 20…
In concerts over the course of the last year Al Spx, the woman who writes… more »
This Land Is Woody’s La…
View Full-Size Map | Download PDF The lyrics to Woody Guthrie’s mos… more »
Video: The Man in Black Humor
We often think of Johnny Cash as being somber and serious – but did… more »
May Your Song Always Be Sung
“Singer/songwriter” has gradually come to be applied to nearl… more »
Cash, Iconoclast
My Johnny Cash moment came in November of 1994, at Ocean Way Studio inLos… more »
New This Week: Sharon Van Ett…
OK! Are you guys ready to get bummed out? Because it’s the week bef… more »
New This Week: Lana Del Rey, …
Hey, have you guys heard anything about this Lana Del Rey person? I feel … more »
New This Week: Kathleen Edwar…
Hello! Welcome! It starts with a trickle, but always ends in a deluge: th… more »
New This Week: Keepaway, The …
HELLO! Welcome back! 2012! Here we are! Doing it in the 0-1-2! This will … more »
Label Profile: Light in the A…
File under: Revitalized funk, folk and rock records from the States and a… more »
Bet on Chet
If Chet Atkins hasn't been responsible for everything you probably ha… more »
Vanguard Visionaries: Back to…
There’s just something about the title of the folk reissue series … more »
Happy Father's Day: Loudo…
Let's all wish Loudon Wainwright III a belated happy Father's Day… more »
Revenge Is His: Robbie Fulks
Robbie Fulks called his first album Country Love Songs, and his successiv… more »
Under the Radar: Hanne Hukkel…
“I've just come from Transylvania!” says an out-of-breath… more »
The Integration of Bob Wills
Great American musicians fall into two main camps — innovators and … more »
The Friends of Old Time Music
There's something peculiarly untrustworthy about recorded music. The … more »
The Inventors of Country Musi…
In 1927, Jimmie Rodgers invented country music. OK, that's a tiny ove… more »
Future Nostalgia: Taylor Swif…
Nostalgia is commonly thought of as a disease that afflicts the aged. And… more »
Freak Folk Grandma: Karen Dal…
If I had any doubts about the sheer totality of information overload, thi… more »
Bloodshot and a Beer
We all know the clichéd image of the teenage rock & roll fantasy… more »
Steve Goodman: Cocky Virtuosi…
Doctors diagnosed Steve Goodman with leukemia when he was just twenty yea… more »
John Prine: In Spite of Himse…
Maybe comebacks are supposed to be a big deal. And maybe nobody told John… more »
Folk Goes the Klezmer
Klezmer revivalist Henry Sapoznik tells a story of how he decided to re-i… more »





















