The Folk Alliance International Richard Flohil Experience

Here's another look -- Richard Flohil's -- at this year's Folk Alliance International.

Joan Baez "The First 10 Years"

Kim Ruehl reviews an old Joan Baez release -- "The First 10 Years."

Folk Alliance

Michael Sangiacomo writes about the Folk Alliance Toronto get-together.

A Tracy Grammer interview

Kathy Sands-Boehmer interviews Tracy Grammer.

"The singer-songwriter was king back then"

Here's a piece on the "End Construction" featuring Ellis Paul, Jon Svetkey, Jim Infantino and Brian Doser. Read a little about some folk history.

Coming up on Kerrville time

The 2013 Kerrville Folk Festival isn't that far away. Get thee to the mecca of singer-songwriters.

Chris Luedecke interviewed

Jesse Skinner interviews Canadian singer-songwriter Chris Luedecke.

Below are a couple of Luedecke videos:

Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Shindell

Here's an interesting article on Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell, heavy on the personal background of the former.

Last night's Grammy awards

Kim Ruehl reports on last night's Grammy awards.

"Searching For Sugar Man"

Finally saw "Searching For Sugar Man" and had mixed feelings afterwards.

Sixto Rodriguez is a very talented lyricist and it's wonderful that his music has been discovered by such a larger number of people. It has to really hurt when you know you are equal to or surpass so many others who have experienced both fame and fortune, yet very few are aware of your musical existence.

However, the proverbial bone to pick is with the film. Just how much more do we know about Rodriguez after viewing the documentary? Granted, maybe Rodriguez preferred it that way but I wanted to know what led to him majoring in philosophy in college, what factors birthed his songwriting style, if living in Detroit had any musical influence, if he has continued to write songs and so on.

It's as if the search needs to continue on.

Meet The Lunineers

In the New York Times, Jon Pareles presents The Lumineers.

Also, check out the YouTube top tracks for the Lumineers.

Craig Huegel's Monday Morning Show Top CD's of 2012

From Craig Huegel, Monday Morning Show, WMNF, Tampa FL:

Each year, I do my own Best of 2012 list. These are my favorite CD's of the year before - not necessarily the industry standards. To make my list, the work must be original music with no or very few covers. The CD's cannot be compilations. I shy away from the really large labels and try to give credit for independent work that is truly creative. I played from this list on my show today. There were other wonderful CD's I would have picked had I gone to a slightly longer list: Darryl Purpose - Next Time Around and Lucy Kaplansky - Reunion would have made this list, for example. Here's My Top 10:

1. Honey Dewdrops - Silver Lining
2. Chris Trapper - The Few & The Far Between - Starlit Records
3. Caitlin Canty - Golden Hour
4. Nels Andrews - Scrimshaw
5. Rose Cousins - We Have Made A Spark
6. Anais Mitchell - Young Man In America - Wilderland Records
7. Ben Bedford - What We Lost - Waterbug Records
8. Caroline Herring - Camilla - Signature Sounds
9. MaMuse - Integration Of The Awkward
10. Jory Nash - Little Pilgrim - Thin Man Records

If any of these releases are unfamiliar to you, I would urge you to check them out. It was a tough choice this year, but these are the ones I listened to most on my own time for my own pleasure.