Billy Joe Shaver passes

"Billy Joe Shaver, singer-songwriter and hero of 'outlaw' country, dies at 81"  Variety

Jerry Jeff Walker passes

 Jerry Jeff Walker, Country Music Legend and 'Mr. Bojangles' Songwriter, Dies at 78" Associated Press

Lehrer's music enters the public domain

Satirist Tom Lehrer 'publicizes' his music catalogue.

Here's just one sample.

Rosanne Cash's latest single

Rosanne Cash with a new offering covering past and present.

Examining Gregory Alan Isakov's music

"Gateways: Gregory Alan Isakov’s songs for October and a Folk Homecoming   How the South African-American artist's twangy debut helped me reckon with my American identity while abroad" Katherine Smith

New Martin Simpson release in November

"MARTIN SIMPSON ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM & SHARES ‘OCTOBER SONG’" FRUK

Elizabeth Thomson with a Joan Baez biography

'"Joan Baez: The Last Leaf' Book Excerpt: How the Folk Icon Ended Up on Vanguard" Billboard

Steve Goodman, Kris Kristofferson and John Prine

As an unknown, John Prine led off with "Sam Stone," "Hello in There," "Paradise," "Donald and Lydia" and "Illegal Smile" in his first meeting with Kris Kristofferson.

Simply amazing. It might make a lesser artist decide he's in the wrong endeavor.

Diana Jones with a moving new CD

DIANA JONES: SONG TO A REFUGEE" Dave McNally

A new and different LW III offering

"LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III – I’D RATHER LEAD A BAND" Bob Fish

Darlingside with a new release

"The Unshakable Companionship Of Darlingside, Boston's Indie Folk Darlings" Charley Ruddell

Love this one from Darlingside in 2018: 

Dylan's "Rough and Rowdy Ways" gets a thumbs up

Bob Dylan 2020: Listen Twice, It's Alright" Mark Simmet