While on a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, journalist and novelist Paul Hemphill wrote of that pivotal moment in the late sixties when traditional defenders of the hillbilly roots of country […]
“Originally titled Tim Hardin 3, this set was recorded live in 1968 with a backing band comprised primarily of jazz musicians. The support crew is a bit tentative; it’s evident […]
“All the songs on this album are original. John wrote “Erin’s Tune,” and Jim wrote “Mom’s Favorite,” the two instrumentals. The rest of the songs were [...]
Ned Collette’s latest album Mixed Light, his 8th solo outing, shines that bright light on a cultivated and multifaceted songwriting talent. As all true Nedheads would know to expect, the […]
Honky tonk from North Carolina Label: MGM Records – K12194 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Promo Country: US Released: 1956 VG/Gen. sticker residue on A side label, b side label […]
Manchester, KY gospel-bluegrass. Label: Table Rock Records – TRS 120 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: VG/Gen. Clean copy with minor scuffs. Comes in a generic sleeve.
“Peter Walker, the American acoustic guitar pioneer, re-emerged as a recording artist in 2006 with four tracks on A Raga for Peter Walker, an all-star tribute recording on Tompkins Square [...]
Australian folk with many tracks dealing with histories and stories of the Aboriginal peoples. Label: Fellside Recordings – FE074 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: 1989 VG+/VG+. Light wear
Cath and Phil Tyler play Anglo-American folk music using guitar, banjo, voice and fiddle. Coming together musically through a shared love of traditional narrative song, Sacred Harp singing and [...]
“Shirley Collins’ return to recording has been as rewarding as it is surprising. Nearly 40 years after one of the giants of British folk stepped away from her career in […]
Test pressing of an underrated country-rock album by Paul Siebel. Label: Elektra – none Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing Country: US Released: VG+/VG
A collection of traditional English songs and tunes selected from the library of field recordings at Cecil Sharp House. Label: Bo’Weavil Recordings – WEAVIL49 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: UK [...]
“Don’t hold me to it, but by my count this the sixth LP we have done with the splendid Brighton-based musician named Joseph Allred. Initially known as a master of […]
“A large part of the thrill of Shirley Collins’ 2016 album Lodestar was the fact it existed at all. A combination of dysphonia and a severe loss of confidence had […]
“The story of David Lambert and Craig Nuttycombe’s not-quite-success actually says more about both the business and lack of guarantees one can face than most Behind the Music specials [...]
‘I Dreamed Once I Was May Queen’ is the sophomore album from Bloomington, IN songwriter Kay Krull. The bulk of the album was recorded by her trio live in a […]
Images of Life is the career-spanning, 3xLP retrospective boxset illuminating the staggering breadth and depth of Detroit’s unheralded songwriting genius, Ted Lucas. Disc one “Strange [...]
“This album is a fantastic document of two guitarists complementing each other, giving each other space to work out ideas and while being technical top notch, they put a lot […]
On Transgression!!!, Donald Miller, guitar icon known for destroying worlds in the great Borbetomagus, takes the listener on an unexpected journey through the 12-string acoustic guitar. Utilizing [...]
“Michigan songwriter Izzy Johnson’s debut record Earth Tones, a vast abyss of a record presented on Driftless Recordings, draws from the files of freak folk, new age, and meditative styles [...]
“The debut release from the original Incredible String Band trio — Robin Williamson (violin/whistle/mandolin/guitar/vocals), Clive Palmer (banjo/guitar/vocals), and Mike Heron [...]
Lots of ground covered: abraded fury, free forms and serpentine Rang-dang-doodle songatechture mutated via some kind of lateral gene transfer of their musical DNA — a trip best taken WHOLE. […]
Elkhorn are longtime friends Jesse Shepard (12 string acoustic guitar) and Drew Gardner (electric guitar). Fresh off their debut tape on Beyond Beyond is Beyond, this incredible duo fuses a […]
“In 2015, a successful bid of £3,560 (some ₩5 million) was made on a single album on eBay – this was the 1972 original UK press of Folkal Point’s album. […]
“Counting their live CDR from 2007, All That Remains is the fifth album by Walthamstow’s finest duo since at least the halcyon days of Bevis Frond’s Inner Marshland. Hard to [...]
Los Angeles–based singer-songwriter Haylie Davis presents Wandering Star, a coming-of-age debut that unfolds like a Townes Van Zandt tale set in a deserted diner off a re-routed interchange: [...]
Counting Sunsets is a quietly expansive continuation of SUSS’s slow-motion Americana, tracing new lines through the terrain they’ve been mapping across their run of albums for [...]
Counting Sunsets is a quietly expansive continuation of SUSS’s slow-motion Americana, tracing new lines through the terrain they’ve been mapping across their run of albums for [...]
The Deslondes are a five-piece group from New Orleans, Louisiana The band splits up songwriting and lead vocal duties among its five members, continuing its democratic ethos and musical [...]