This is how Wikipedia’s entry for The Lumineers begins: The Lumineers are an American folk rock band, based in Denver, Colorado. The core band consists...
Category - Folk
Here is the beginning of the bio of The Mamas and the Papas, perhaps the most important predominantly vocal group — alone, perhaps, with Crosby, Stills...
Burl Ives, who had one of the great voices of the twentieth century, was identified with old ballads and other forms of Americana. He was a folk singer, but...
Here is a guest post from my cousin Ed: Steve Goodman was a very talented songwriter who wrote a number of songs with which we’re familiar. Above is a...
While compiling a list of train songs last week, I came across a terrific version of I’ve Been Working on the Railroad by The Rooftop Singers. The...
Perhaps if the certain things had happened differently, some of the incredibly talented guitarists born in England in the 1940s who we now know as rockers...
There is no way to improve on the way This Day in Music wrote up this item: 2007, 1,730 guitarists played the immortal Bob Dylan classic, ‘Knocking On...
It’s cool to blog from an airplane. Laura Nyro was simply amazing. I’ve always had a bit of a problem with the idea that it’s sadder that...
Don McLean was born on this day in 1945, according to This Day in Music. American Pie was released in 1971.
Ninety-three year old Pete Seeger isn’t slowing down. This week, he is releasing two discs: Pete Remembers Woody and A More Perfect Union. The Woody in...
