TR Ritchie has passed

T.R. Ritchie has succumbed to pancreatic cancer. His bio.

Ritchie singing "Decomposing the Blues":


Ritchie singing "White Bark":

A fond farewell to Pete Seeger

Charles Pierce eloquently offers far more than moi could dream of in this piece on the now late Pete Seeger.

Pete Seeger's testimony before the HUAC in 1955. It's telling that Seeger and his efforts at social justice are noted to this day while the Congress critters who put questions to him have long been consigned to the dustbin of irrelevancy.

Was Seeger always right? No (who is?) and he was grounded enough to admit as much. Where's that admission from the fascist wannabees 'protecting' this country from its own Constitution?

An interview with Ronny Cox

Nick Spacek interviews folk musician Ronny Cox (yes that is dueling banjos you are hearing off in the distance).

Oh where have you been my darling young one?

If you are at overload as yet, Tom Junod writes a little differently than most about the mystery of Bob Dylan, that so-called song-and-dance man.

Anais Mitchell interviewed

Natalie Gallagher interviews Anais Mitchell.

The upcoming Folk Alliance Conference

Natalie Gallagher writes that the Folk Alliance Conference and Winter Music Camp is coming up in February and serves up John Fullbright's song "Gawd Above."

Here's Grant Lee Phillip's "Walking in Green Corn."

Young & old

Kristin M. Hall writes about the age difference between the youngest Grammy nominee in the folk category this year and the eldest.