Tag: folk music
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November 26, 2009 01:07 AM EST --
This Saturday November 28th singer/songwriter Arlo Guthrie and other members of the Guthrie clan, his son Abe Guthrie, daughter Sarah Lee Guthrie and her husband Johnny Irion will pay tribute to his . . .
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February 17, 2009 02:05 PM EST --
Imagine if you will, a house on the plains of the 1800's. The parlor has a piano and this is where gatherings happen. The voices are earthy and real. This is an image that springs to mind whenever . . .
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December 11, 2007 03:13 PM EST --
i was reading jennifer hodge's article today, about remembering 60's music, for the BOOM! group.
even though i was born on the tail end of the 1960s (1969), my parents made sure that . . .
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May 24, 2007 05:05 PM EDT --
Hi All,
Thank you to everyone who has commented and connected with me already. I hope to answer all of your questions tonight.
To ask a question all you need to do is type your question in . . .
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April 28, 2008 12:22 PM EDT --
Arlo Guthrie was born with a guitar in one hand and a harmonica in the other, in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York in 1947. He is the eldest son of America's most beloved singer/writer/philosopher Woody . . .
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January 21, 2008 03:03 AM EST --
John Stewart died on Saturday from a possible stroke. He was a folksinger and songwriter. He was a member of the Kingston Trio. He wrote the hit " Daydreamer Believer" for the Monkeys. He had . . .
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March 12, 2008 04:53 PM EDT --
My name is Brian Bergeron. I am a Boston-based acoustic singer-songwriter and I'm competing in Gather.com's First Tracks Competition for a record deal with Decca Label Group. As part of . . .
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October 31, 2007 08:39 PM EDT --
The Bowed Psaltery
The first time I ever heard one played, it nearly made me cry. Not just because of the song that was being played, but because of the sheer . . .
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June 04, 2008 10:44 AM EDT --
David Bromberg's live show remains as unique as ever. Concerts by David and his band are extraordinary events, and performances follow no set pattern of selection. Give and take between performer is . . .
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October 07, 2009 02:25 AM EDT --
From October through June, the Bainbridge Island Nordic Dance comes to life at Island Center Hall. Last Saturday's First Saturday Nordic Dance featured Gammeldans, one of our favorite bands, who came . . .
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November 24, 2009 07:11 AM EST --
Is there a young child, or the parent or grandparent of one, on your gift list? Here's music to consider for them.
Both parent an child will likely enjoy Down at the Sea Hotel. By turns as whimsical . . .
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December 04, 2007 01:15 AM EST --
You know the rules: One band per post please!
Country / Folk Bands.... ready... go!
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March 05, 2008 05:22 PM EST --
well, i suppose since i entered the contest, i have to bug people about going and voting.
the link to my song, tiltawhirl is http://www.gather.com/viewVideo.jsp?id=11821949021858558
the . . .
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October 16, 2008 12:45 PM EDT --
Cool Album of the Day ~ Autumn (Windham Hill 20th Anniversary Edition) by George Winston
Welcome all Music Review members and anyone who should . . .
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November 13, 2008 02:24 AM EST --
In my younger days I fiddled in an old-time band. We played for square and contra dances, mostly in Michigan (now my main emphasis is Scandinavian dance music, in Washington state). Because dancers . . .
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December 15, 2008 02:17 PM EST --
... I remember hearing this melody
When I was just a young girl,
And since these golden old days
It followed me everywhere.
This was not just a song . . .
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April 10, 2009 08:08 PM EDT --
Allow me to introduce you to singer-songwriter Johnsmith . I'm hoping many of you already know this man and his music, but for those who do not, I urge you to give him a listen. He is a folk . . .
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September 16, 2009 10:19 PM EDT --
The folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary looms large in my memory.
During the late 1960s, in the time of the Vietnam War, we lived in Bangkok, Thailand. That was when I first heard a Peter, . . .
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January 07, 2007 04:03 PM EST --
As with just about every person my age, I missed out on the Golden Age of Folk Music here in the Twin Cities. Back in the early 1960's when a scraggly-haired University of Minnesota student, . . .
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January 24, 2007 06:25 PM EST --
This comes to you courtesy of Nippy Katz, who sent me the link to this recording of a radio show from 1940 featuring folk music icons Woodrow Wilson Guthrie and Huddie Ledbetter aka LEADBELLY (whose . . .
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