“A good song reminds us what we’re fighting for.” – Pete Seeger From labor rights to civil rights to the peace movement to environmental causes, folk legends like the late Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Joan Baez, […]
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Newport Folk Festival & ATO Records Partner for Limited Edition Vinyl Series
Last week, ATO and the Newport Folk Festival announced that they will join forces for a series of new limited edition vinyls of ATO artists who will perform or have performed at Newport. The first […]
This Week(end)’s Must-See Shows in NYC
I think it’s pretty apparent what your Saturday night should consist of. And yes, it’s a combination of whiskey and Nickel Creek. While the reunited trio will be back in NYC at the end of […]
Photos, Video and Notes from SXSW 2014
My day job sent me down to Austin for a good chunk of SXSW, but I managed to catch some great tunes along the way. American Songwriter’s two-day Billy Reid Shindig had the best lineup in town […]
New Orleans to Newport
The 2014 Newport Folk Festival kicks off five months from today and the lineup continues to build. So far, we’ve got the newly rejoined Nickel Creek, legendary soulful folker Mavis Staples, newbies like The Oh Hellos […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
While you finish perfecting your Miley Cyrus Halloween costumes for a platter of spooky soirees, we recommend giving a thought or two to some of the below events … including Friday’s Bluegrass Halloween at The […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
For any of us still getting over festival fever, Lincoln Center classes up the genre this weekend with the last shows of their Out of Doors festival. Newport alums Hurray for the Riff Raff and […]
From Newport to NYC: This Week’s Must-See Shows
It’s only been 24 hours since team grass clippings returned from the Newport Folk Fest to the sweaty concrete jungle that is Manhattan … and we’re already nostalgic for the Rhode Island sea. Let’s call […]
Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Trayvon Tribute
A couple weeks back, New Orleans-based Alynda lee Segarra (a.k.a. Hurray for the Riff Raff) jumped on the badass-bill-so-far for this summer’s Newport Folk Festival. Alynda was an addition I asked Jay Sweet for last August, […]
Video: Hurray for the Riff Raff
Just came across this splendid performance vid by Hurray for the Riff Raff that Offbeat Magazine and Liveset put together in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans. The band’s front-woman Alynda lee Segarra, a 25 year old Puerto […]
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