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Monster Woody Guthrie Box Set Coming This Fall 23 Aug 2013 | 03:13 pm
Last year, the folk music world celebrated the 100th anniversary of Woody Guthrie's birth with a year full of activities, releases, concerts, and events. Now, the fine folks Rounder Records have annou...
'Inside Llewyn Davis' Concert Planned for NYC 19 Aug 2013 | 10:05 pm
It's been nearly two years since news started brewing around the folk music world that the Coen Brothers were at it again, planning a movie based on the life and work of Mayor of MacDougal Street... ...
Review: Amanda Shires - 'Down Fell the Doves' 8 Aug 2013 | 11:35 pm
Borne of the Lubbock, Texas, music scene which spawned artists as variant as the legendary Buddy Holly and the more raucous band with whom she started (Thrift Store Cowboys), Amanda Shires doesn't sou...
Highlights of the 2013 Newport Folk Festival 31 Jul 2013 | 01:56 am
The 2013 Newport Folk Festival was the first time I ventured out to the Rhode Island coast for this storied event. In the 54 years since it's been running, Newport has welcomed everyone who is anyone ...
Best Folk Music Albums of 2013 So Far 25 Jul 2013 | 09:04 pm
It's been an interesting few years in the world of American folk music, as bands like the Lumineers and Mumford and Sons have showed up on the mainstream circuit with their acoustic instruments, turni...
Artists to Watch: Hurray for the Riff Raff 22 Jul 2013 | 09:29 pm
Following the release of their Kickstarter-fueled 2013 release, Look Out Mama, New Orleans-based band Hurray for the Riff Raff recently announced they inked a deal with ATO Records. Quite an accomplis...
Artists to Watch at Newport Folk Festival 2013 18 Jul 2013 | 09:37 pm
This summer, I'll be heading to Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island for the first time, and I couldn't be more excited. The festival has been one of the most celebrated gatherings in the American fo...
Profile: Alice Gerrard 15 Jul 2013 | 03:24 pm
Hard-core folk and bluegrass fans will be familiar with Alice Gerrard from her work in the 1960s and '70s with the late, great Hazel Dickens. Together, these two ladies threw open the doors to women i...
Toshi Ohta Seeger Has Died at Age 91 11 Jul 2013 | 02:13 pm
Toshi Ohta Seeger, wife of folk music legend Pete Seeger, died Tuesday night at the age of 91. Many in the American folk music community know of Toshi as a driving force behind the extraordinary work ...
New Ben Sollee Track and Summer/Fall Dates 10 Jul 2013 | 07:26 pm
Ben Sollee is one of the most interesting young singer-songwriters on the national folk circuit these days. Classically trained on the cello, Sollee now plays the instrument like some combination of c...
