Yesterday, the Newport Folk Festival, our perennial favorite event of the summer, announced that Sufjan Stevens will perform at this year’s Festival in late July. Since seeing Stevens perform at The Beacon Theater in Manhattan […]
Month: April 2015
Courtney Hartman on Her Spontaneous YouTube Session with Taylor Ashton
A few weeks back, Fish & Bird’s Taylor Ashton posted a series of four gorgeous duets with Della Mae’s Courtney Hartman on YouTube. Recorded by Mason Jar Music’s Jacob Blumberg, the series spans material from […]
At Brooklyn Folk Festival, A Diverse Lineup With a Tight Grip on The Past
Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton – Photo by Arnie Goodman For better or for worse, indie rock and poppy Americana have each creeped into nearly every folk festival out there. Meanwhile in post-everything Brooklyn, the purist […]
Trout Steak Revival’s Travis McNamara on the Band’s New Album & Return to Telluride
With just one, intimidating stage, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival – one of the three big summer events that influence this blog more than any other – is not known to introduce the wealth of new […]
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