The late Roger Ebert on John Prine

The late Roger Ebert wrote about John Prine at least twice (included here) and his thoughts and words are accompanied by a number of Prine song videos.

10 Great Songs From John Prine

John Prine: 10 Great Songs -- see if you agree on these selections.

Best UK folk releases this year

Martin Chilton serves up his choices for the 29 best folk releases thus far of 2014 -- coming from a UK newspaper it's exclusively CDs from across the pond..

The latest on Mary Gauthier

Katherine Cole covers Mary Gauthier's veering into folk music and the release of Gauthier's latest batch of songs.

A video interview:



Some video featuring one of her new creations:

Presenting BettySoo

Katherine Cole features folk music singer-songwriter BettySoo.

Some video:

Didn't expect this

Bob Dylan comes in at #18 in the CMT Top 40 All Time: Artists Choice.

A snippet:

"...I don't think you can underestimate Dylan's influence," said [Rosanne] Cash. "With songwriters, everyone after him who wrote songs that were even remotely connected to the folk tradition, we owe a debt to Bob Dylan. His poetry, his unique approach to writing, his musicologist instincts -- he knows everything that came before him and the debt he owes to them, which I think is really the sign of a great artist..."

A feature on Dar Williams

Emily J. Weitz features Dar Williams.