It’s been a horrible week. No question about it. Today brings word that Leonard Cohen has died...
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Daniel Barenboim is far more than a brilliant orchestral conductor. He is a human being, a mensch....
There were two songs that played a formative role in my musical life. They are Shto Mi...
Last night, in my appreciation of Pete Seeger I wrote about the Weavers mega-hit, Tzenah. I noted...
To lose both Pete Seeger and Shulamit Aloni in the same week: the world seems an especially...
If you either love folk music (as I do), are a Coen Brothers devote (as I am),...
Way back in the dark ages when I first began writing this blog, I called it an...
From Folk & Blues: An Encyclopedia, St. Martin’s Press, 2001 KATE AND ANNA McGARRIGLE Vocal duo, songwriters,...
And now for something completely different. My I-P junkie friends ( I say that lovingly!) will hopefully...
Kate McGarrigle died yesterday and I am heartbroken. She was one of the co-founders of the sublime...
John Martyn may be the greatest English musician you’ve never have heard of, certainly one of the...
KBCS has been playing Tracy Grammer’s cover of The Waking Hour (hear it) in heavy rotation and...
