Friday, June 28, 2013

A reiew of "Woody Guthrie at 100! Live at the Kennedy Center"

Kim Ruehl reviews the CD/DVD "Woody Guthrie at 100! Live at the Kennedy Center."


A Kate McGarrigle tribute

Mike Regenstreif reviews "Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle."

Thursday, June 20, 2013

A review of Lynn Miles' latest

Mike Regenstreif reviews Lynn Miles' the new release.

A Greg Brown update

David Kerns profiles Greg Brown, his career, philosophy about performing and his creative process piro to an upcoming concert.

The latest on Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt

Jim Caligiuri profiles Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt prior to a sold-out Wyldwood house concert.

Below is video about their engagement:

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Catching up with Ellis Paul

Melanie Plenda catches up with Ellis Paul who is playing shows and in the process of completing a new release. The article is a bit different than most with Paul offering some interesting takes.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Phil Ochs -- "The Ballad of Medgar Evers"

The timing is appropriate:

Ruth Moody - "These Wilder Things"

Kim Ruehl offers an email interview with Ruth Moody who is a member of the Wailin' Jennies but currently has a new solo release out.

Michael Bialas serves up a review and much more.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

The 2013 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters nominees

The six Award Winners for the 2013 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters are:

* Honor Finnegan
* Ellis
* Eric Bettencourt
* Adrianne Lenker
* Paul Sachs
* Ed Romanoff

They will perform in concert at the Kerrville Folk Festival on Sunday June 2 from 1 – 4 p.m. at the Threadgill Theater. They were chosen from a field of 32 Finalists that performed on the first weekend that were invited from the nearly 800 entries.

The Americana Music Association nominations

Kim Ruehl writes about the Americana Music Association nominees.

Aoife O'Donovan's new CD

Kim Ruehl reviews Aoife O'Donovan's latest release.