Tui – Pretty Little Mister (Pretty Little Mister, 2019) The shiny sparkly goodness whipped up on the debut recording Pretty Little Mister by the duo…
Candid Respect for American Stringband Music
Tag: American folk music
Vocal Worldly Delights from Moira Smiley
Moira Smiley – Unzip The Horizon (Moira Smiley Music, 2018) Itinerant American multi-instrumentalist, composer and prodigious singer Moira Smiley has toured the world with various…
Artist Profiles: Rhiannon Giddens
Rhiannon Giddens was born February 21, 1977 in Greensboro, North Carolina. She is a renowned multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer-songwriter and researcher, best known as one of…
Big Statements and African Diaspora Roots Sounds from Leyla McCalla
Leyla McCalla – Capitalist Blues (PIAS, 2019) Capitalist Blues is the third album by former Carolina Chocolate Drops cellist and singer-songwriter, Leyla McCalla. On Capitalist…
An Instructive Representation of Black Cowboy Music
Dom Flemons – Black Cowboys (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2018) Celebrated multi-instrumentalist, singer and musicologist Dom Flemons, a founding of the seminal Carolina Chocolate Drops,…
Artist Profiles: Toshi Reagon
Born in Atlanta and raised in Washington DC, Toshi Reagon cites her musical abilities from her family. Both parents belonged to SNCC’s (Student Non-Violent Coordinating…
Artist Profiles: Paul Simon
Folk singer Paul Frederic Simon was born October 13, 1941 in Newark New Jersey. His music career started in Forest Hills High School when…
Artist Profiles: Jake Armerding
Jake Armerding performed around Massachusetts from an early age often with his father Taylor’s popular bluegrass band Northern Lights. Armerding has won both regional and…
Artist Profiles: Doc Watson
Arthel L. “Doc” Watson was born in Deep Gap North Carolina in 1922 to a musical family. Blind since infancy Doc started playing harmonica and…
Artist Profiles: Beth Nielsen Chapman
Beth Nielsen Chapman was born on September 14, 1958 in Harlingen, Texas (USA). Her musical eclecticism found its roots in her childhood. The middle child…