The Newport Folk Festival’s biggest secrets were cleanly hidden and tightly executed with the day-capping revelations of Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell.
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Folk CD Review: Mountain Man’s “Magic Ship” — There’s Magic in Them Thar Hills!
When Vermont’s Mountain Man brings us its Appalachian vocal stylings the trio is venturing into the hollers of both the Green and the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Folk CD Review: Lonnie Holley’s “MITH” — An Act of Restoration
Lonnie Holley’s music on MITH sounds like a choir of better angels whose multi-layered voice is hard on the outside and soft on the inside, like so much Alabama clay.
Jazz CD Review: Dominique Eade and Ran Blake’s Personal Vision of Americana on “Town and Country”
The throughline of “Town and Country” is folk — austere, hardscrabble.
Music Interview: Tish Hinojosa on Coming Home
“Being an independent musician is kind of like having an organic farm.”
Album Review: B L A C K I E — Conflating the Barbaric and the Beautiful
Imagine Yourself in a Free and Natural World finds B L A C K I E reaching an ambitious artistic high, delivering potent pieces of jazzy discord that impressively conflate the barbaric and the beautiful.
Fuse Flash: Newport Folk Festival 2010 review
The 51st Newport Folk Festival ended on Sunday with 35 acts over 3 days. When all is said and done, you could argue that this is no longer a festival about folk music, but two of the elder statesman that appeared this year—Richie Havens and Levon Helm (of The Band fame)—served as an inspiring bridge […]
Folk Album Review: Rebel Folk
Though the last presidential race has faded into a memory, two recent albums from singer-songwriters bring subtle artistry to simmering political anger and alienation. Pierce Woodward, “Blow Them Away” (Long Run Music); James McMurtry, “Childish Things” (Compadre Records) By Danielle Dreilinger A year ago, folk stages were filled with artists like Steve Earle urging people […]