Moira Smiley – The Rhizome Project (self released, 2024) The Rhizome Project is a multifaceted work that includes a superb album with thoughtful lyrics and…
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian – From China to Appalachia (Community Music, Inc. and Redeye Distribution, 2024) Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalists Cathy Fink…
Laurie Lewis – Trees (Spruce and Maple Music, 2024) Laurie Lewis is a distinctive, expressive and captivating vocalist, songwriter, and instrumentalist who fearlessly ventures beyond…
Smithsonian Folkways is set to reissue the album The New Lost City Ramblers with Cousin Emmy by The New Lost City Ramblers with Cousin Emmy.…
Banjoist and singer Nora Brown started learning music at the age of 6 from the late Shlomo Pestcoe. From his tiny studio apartment in Brooklyn,…
“The American Fiddler” (Mountain Home Music Company) is the new album by Andy Leftwich, one of the finest American violin players in the bluegrass scene.…
Damn Tall Buildings – Sleeping Dogs (Damn Tall Buildings, 2022) “Sleeping Dogs” is the third album by American roots music band Damn Tall Buildings. The…
The Hubby Jenkins is set to perform a half-hour concert in the Folklife Concerts’s Homegrown at Home series. The concert will take place August 11,…
Vocalist, guitarist, and fiddler Anya Hinkle was born in southwestern Virginia and currently lives in Asheville, western North Carolina. She is deeply inspired by the…
Fiddler, banjo player, guitarist, songwriter and leading Old-Time musician John D. Morris was born in Ivydale, Clay County, West Virginia on September 3, 1946. He…