The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame Inductees: Richie Havens
The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF) held inauguration ceremonies for its first class of inductees over the weekend of April 19 and 20, 2024. Ceremonies included award presentations, live...
View ArticleLittle Walter: The Wild Harmonica Genius Who Changed the World and Died...
On the 1st of May 1930, in the depths of Louisiana, Marion Walter Jacobs was born. Thus began the tumultuous journey of the boy who would go on to become a musical visionary known as Little Walter....
View ArticleIn Tune With Eric B. Turner – Former Drifter Goes Solo With New Album
Eric B. Turner was the lead singer for five years for a little group known as The Drifters. He has also shared a stage with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, and Mariah Carey, to name just a...
View ArticleRick Estrin and The Nightcats Release Career-Defining Album
“You gotta keep feeding the meter. Otherwise, you disappear.” Rick Estrin is 73 years old. He started playing harp and singing the blues with seasoned veterans in the San Francisco Fillmore District...
View ArticleExclusive Premiere/Interview: Robert Connely Farr Unveils Video for Timely...
Pandora Sessions, Robert Connely Farr’s latest effort, was inspired by his mentorship under elder statesmen of the blues in his home state of Mississippi. Jimmy “Duck” Holmes has been guiding Farr in...
View ArticleThe Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame Inductees: John Prine
John Prine was among the eleven members of the Solo Legacy Artists inducted into the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF) over the weekend of April 19 and 20, 2024. There have been many great...
View ArticleExclusive Premiere/Interview: Funk Group Mother Hubbard ‘Have a Good Time’ on...
Steeped in jazz, rock, blues, and jam, Mother Hubbard is a rising five-piece band hailing from New Jersey whose signature sound incorporates expressive horns, tasty guitar licks, and pulsing drum...
View ArticleRory Block Does Dylan Proud on ‘Positively 4th Street’
Rory Block has recorded 31 albums over more than half a century. She is one of the finest, if not the finest, acoustic blues guitarist advancing the style of artists like Son House, Robert Johnson,...
View ArticleThe Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame Inductees: Solo Legacy Artist Gordon...
“If the word ‘troubadour’ can be applied to twentieth century music at all, then Gordon Lightfoot is a troubadour and perhaps the last one we will ever know. His rich lyrical style paints a tapestry...
View ArticleNew Book Explores Buried Chicago Blues History
In a book called Chicago Blues History: Preserving the Past, author and musician Brant Buckley takes us on a photographic grave tour honoring eighty of the greatest Chicago blues artists of all time....
View ArticleIn Tune With Eric B. Turner – Former Drifter Goes Solo With New Album
Eric B. Turner was the lead singer for five years for a little group known as The Drifters. He has also shared a stage with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, and Mariah Carey, to name just a...
View ArticleMuddy Waters Confidential: Things You May Not Know about The Hoochie Coochie Man
Muddy Waters was the most important link between his urban black audience in the nightclubs of Chicago and the young white fans who came to know him as a result of the folk music craze beginning in...
View ArticleCelebrating Juneteenth and What it Means
President Abraham Lincoln had “freed” enslaved people with the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. But it took two and a half years before the executive order was really enforced. June 19,...
View ArticleExclusive Video Premiere/Interview: Roots Band Yarn is the ‘Traveling Kind’
After four Grammy nominations and years spent on the road, Yarn songwriter/frontman Blake Christiana found himself in a rut and unsure if the band was going to continue. But NC-via-NYC roots rockers...
View ArticleIn Tune With Steve Dawson – New Album Examines ‘Ghosts’ We All Have
Steve Dawson released his sixth solo album earlier this month. The Chicago-based singer/songwriter is known as the front man for the alt-country band Dolly Varden. Nonetheless, he has also built a...
View ArticleThe Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame Inductees: Solo Living Artist Willie...
It seems like Willie Nelson has been on the road again for as long as anyone can remember. But then, his web site does say to “Check back often. Willie is always on the road again.” Currently, his...
View ArticleRory Block Does Dylan Proud on ‘Positively 4th Street’
Rory Block has recorded 31 albums over more than half a century. She is one of the finest, if not the finest, acoustic blues guitarist advancing the style of artists like Son House, Robert Johnson,...
View ArticleThe Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame Inductees: Solo Living Artist Ramblin’...
Elliott Charles Adnopoz – better known as Ramblin’ Jack Elliot – turns 93 on August 1, 2024. According to legend, the sobriquet of Ramblin’ originated with a visit to the folk singer Odetta. According...
View ArticleJohn Mayall: An Homage To A Man Who Made Blues Ubiquitous
John Mayall stood above the British Invasion superstars. The Rolling Stones, Animals, Yardbirds, and Cream may have used blues as inspiration for their rock music, but John stood alone among them....
View ArticleThe Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame Inductees: Solo Living Artist Mavis...
Mavis Staples turned 85 on July 10, 2024. It has been a remarkable journey since the day she was born in the South Side of Chicago back in 1939. It is not only a musical journey but also one that...
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