Folk

You probably don't know Saylor White but you surely know his song 'Crossroads', Calvin Russell's biggest success. His songs have also been covered by Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett, Eric Taylor, & Keith Asbury, to name a few. In 1998, Saylor was chosen the...

You may or may not recognize the artists here as this collection compiles field recordings from the '60s south. Hymns, prayers, spirituals and speeches are sequenced here to capture this time and place in history. Songs from the Montgomery Improvement...

Yonder is a group based in Stockholm that take their time. It's first seed was sown some ten years ago when singer and harmonica player Mats Qwarfordt and guitar player Christer Lyssarides met in a Stockholm Blues club. They discovered that they shared...

Yellowjacket marks a breakthrough in Fearing's approach to his craft. He has assumed the mantle of producer for the first time since his early albums and is thrilled at the results. To record Yellowjacket, Fearing set-up shop in the Guelph studio of...

Written with a series of friends including S. Carey, Madi Diaz, and Christian Lee Hutson and recorded with producer Josh Kaufmann (Bonny Light Horseman, The Hold Steady), Avalanche is an achingly beautiful exploration of loss, resilience, and growth from...

World-renowned violinist and composer Scarlet Rivera has come a long way in her music career since being first introduced to the world by Bob Dylan as his featured violinist in 1975. Today she proudly announces the release of her upcoming EP, All of Me;...

World beat/ethno pop group La Cucina continue their musical dexterity & wit on "Nabumla!," which features the single "Buddhas Are We," produced by Sabah Habas Mustapha of 3 Mustapha's 3.1. Embers 2. Buddhas (Are We) 3. Light Shine Through 4. Heart Again...

Woody's songs have a way of taking hold, because they speak in the voice of the people that you can't beat down, you can't scare and you can't starve out. They are songs with the rhythm of work in them, with the echo of anger against poverty and meanness...

Woody recorded for a variety of labels, but the real meat of his repertoire rests in the 300 or so songs he recorded for Mo Asch's Folkways label. And now that classic material is finally coming out on CD in four volumes, of which this is the first and...

Woody Guthrie was one of America's most prolific songwriters, and of the thousand-odd songs he wrote between 1932 and 1952, some have become classics, recorded by countless musicians all over the world. This album presents some of the folk songs that...

Woody Guthrie described singer and actor Cisco Houston as a man who "likes hard hitting songs and hard hitting people. He likes to meet and to sing with the people." This album features both traditional and recently composed songs, as well as extensive...

Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was perhaps the most important folk musician of the twentieth century, inspiring a generation of singers and musicians such as Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and many more. Guthrie sang about many topics, but he...