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Tag Archives: folk music
Aoife Clancy’s Silvery Moon
Judith Gennett wrote this review. Aoife (“Eee-fa”) Clancy is the daughter of Bobby of the Clancy Brothers, and has been lead vocalist with Cherish The Ladies. Silvery Moon is her third solo album and is an amalgam of Celtic and … Continue reading
Marc Broussard’s Momentary Setback, Jens Hausmann’s Back on the Track, and Penny Nichols’s I’ll Never Be That Old Again
It’s a diverse bag here – two American singer songwriters dealing in varied parts of the Roots arena, and an American-born guitarist/singer now based in Germany. The music is equally varied, from big-sounding acoustic rock with mainstream potential to warm … Continue reading
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Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger’s Singing the Fishing, A Radio Ballad
Sean Laffey contributed this review. Veteran Irish folk singer Liam Clancy tells a story of a time back in the sixties when he was over in London, having some time on his hands and being young and naive and it … Continue reading
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Various artists’ Philadelphia Folk Festival: 40th Anniversary
I have never been to the Philadelphia Folk Festival, although it has been in existence since 1962! I do, however, have a poster advertising the 1970 Festival hanging on my wall right behind my desk. It is one of those … Continue reading
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Various artists’ One Voice: A Tribute to Norm Hacking
Norm Hacking is a big man with a big heart and a lot of friends. Many of them gathered in the last year to put together this collection of some of Hacking’s best songs, performed with affection and skill. Wayne … Continue reading
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Childsplay’s Waiting for the Dawn
You want to know where the lovely tune, ‘Queen Maeve’s Slumber,’ playing now in the Green Man Library is from? It is off the newest recording from Childsplay, the band created by master luthier Bob Childs. Yes, Waiting for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, fiddle tunes, folk music
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Steve Ashley’s Live In Concert
This is such an innocuous title for a CD of such an important event! Let me elaborate a little. Live In Concert was recorded in Cheltenham, UK, on March 12, 2006, to celebrate Steve Ashley’s sixtieth year on the planet … Continue reading
Knut Buen & Sigmund Groven’s Kjenslevev
I’m a big fan of modern Norwegian folk music and jazz, but I’m not very familiar with strictly traditional Norwegian folk music. On the basis of this generous album of modern Norwegian folk songs done in the traditional style, I’d … Continue reading
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Robert S. Koppelman’s Sing Out, Warning! Sing Out, Love! The Writings of Lee Hays
You all recall Mister Lee Hays: the bass singer from The Weavers. He was last seen in the Weavers reunion film Wasn’t That a Time. He passed away shortly thereafter. Robert S. Koppelman, assistant professor of English at Broward Community … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, nonfiction
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Jim Brown’s The Weavers: Wasn’t That a Time!
Studs Terkel claims that the main contribution of The Weavers was that they introduced into American popular music the authentic folk songs of America, something that had never been done before. Harry Reasoner sees them as a unifying factor between … Continue reading
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