There are more attractions in Jackson Hole than the ones on postcards. For example, The Jackson Hole Hootenanny, a decades-old Wyoming gathering that has seen visits from folks like John Denver and Peter Rowan, is […]
Month: April 2013
The Whiskey Collection – “Little Maggie”
Given that I like bourbon and rye whiskey almost as much as the music I listen to while I drink it, it wasn’t too hard for me to fall in love with The Whiskey Collection […]
Newport Folk Festival Rounds Out Lineup
Year after year, the Newport Folk Festival lineup represents the best of what we love and the best of what we hoped to discover. This year, follows suit. While I’ve been somewhat distracted by my […]
The Bluegrass Situation Heads to Bonnaroo
Our agoraphobia has historically been a bit of a deterrent from Bonnaroo attendance, but our good (probably best) friends at The Bluegrass Situation are working to making the massive festival a better place. Last week, […]
Melody Walker Heads to MerleFest
This past weekend at The Brooklyn Folk Festival at The Bell House, I caught up with San Francisco-based Melody Walker and Jacob Groopman following an outstanding set that had the crowd hollerin’ louder than they […]
The Patient Staple in the Sydney Folk Scene
As I look back on my two month stop in Sydney on the grass clippings global tour, there’s one person that encapsulates so much of the music scene there. I did get to know a […]
London’s Treetop Flyers Release New Single
Newly signed to Partisan Records, London-based Americana band Treetop Flyers will release their full-album debut, The Mountain Moves, this June in the US (later this month in the UK). However, the band, which borrowed its […]
Sydney’s boy outside – “River Runs to the Sea”
Teasers are all the rage these days, but don’t let this one slide by you. boy outside, the banner used by Sydney-based and UK-born singer songwriter Aidan Cooney, will release a gentle new folk single […]
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