I recently decided to get back into fingerpicking. So, I sent Paul Dixon, friend and composer of “The High Note” intro music, an email looking for some songs to learn. He then turned to his […]
Tag: Folk
Darlingside Wades In Natural Sounds On ‘Fish Pond Fish’
From the opening notes of “Woolgathering,” Darlingside takes listeners by the hand with harmonized vocals and leads them on a journey through flowing fields of folk. The combination of those voices is one the defining […]
Ray LaMontagne Has His Sights On His Legacy With ‘Monovision’
Coronavirus is messing with time and relatively for me. Or at least it seems that way. It’s November but it still feels like summer in South Jersey and July seems like it was last year, […]
The Wood Brothers Reap Imaginative Fields Of Folk On New Album
Folk-rock trio The Wood Brothers channel its freewheeling spirit into a focused force of imagination on the band’s seventh studio album, “Kingdom In My Mind” released Jan. 24 on Honey Jar and Thirty Tigers records. […]
Episode 14 – Talkin’ Bob Dylan With Mum
Hop in the car with me and my mum as we talk about Bob Dylan following his show Saturday, Nov. 17 at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. Neither one of us are […]
Bob Dylan Turns Myth Into Legend In Atlantic City
“I change during the course of a day. I wake and I’m one person, and when I go to sleep I know for certain I’m somebody else.” – Bob Dylan Bob Dylan is a […]
Amos Lee Draws From Emotion And Challenges For ‘My New Moon’
I heard Amos Les recently say on “The Rights to Ricky Sanchez” that he is probably recognized more in Philadelphia for being a guest on the podcast than for his music. I hope he was joking […]
The Fields Will Be Filled With Folk This Weekend
Philadelphia Folk Festival Will Hold 57th installment Aug. 16-19 Going to the Philadelphia Folk Festival for my 10th year is starting to seem like a pilgrimage; the Old Pool Farm my sanctuary and “Happy fest” […]
Philly Folk Fest Lineup Focuses On Inclusion
This year, the longest continuously running music festival in North America will put women in the spotlight. The 57th annual Philadelphia Folk Festival will feature a female headliner each night Aug. 16-19 in Upper Salford […]
56th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival Photos
The 56th annual Philadelphia Folk Festival took place Aug. 17-20 at The Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township, Pennsylvania.