Folk

Tom Intondi, Frank Christian, "Charlie" Chin, Martha Roberts, Steve Forbert, Jack Hardy and others gather to sing about anything from the CIA to Jerusalem to Fidel Castro. The political song genre is ideally set up to reflect conflicts and political...

Tom Goux, musicologist, educator, and instrumentalist, and oceanographer and musician Jacek Sulanowski perform classic sea chanties on this 1982 release. They present 14 songs with a "delicate regard for the (often indelicate) blood-and-bones origin of...

Today's rising stars play the songs of Donovan. This joins I'm Your Fan (Leonard Cohen) Time Between (The Byrds) the Bridge (Neil Young) & Brittle Days (Nick Drake) as one of the Top 5 tribute albums. -Jeff Penczak/Fake Jazz. Track list: 1. PAS/CAL Oh...

Today, many people are only aware of Woody Guthrie's songs for adults, such as "This Land Is Your Land," but Guthrie (1912-1967) was also a successful and prolific composer of songs for children. Filled with whimsy and enthusiasm, dealing with events in...

Today, it's hard to imagine songs like "Rosewood Casket" or "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" as new-fangled pop songs, "hillbilly music" adored by the young and controversial to everyone else. Famed ballad singer Jean Ritchie shares some of the popular songs...

To those songs I trace my first glimmering conception of the dehumanizing character of slavery. I can never get rid of that conception. Those songs still follow me, to deepen my hatred of slavery, and quicken my sympathies for my brethren in bonds. -...

To sing Leonard Cohen is a daring project. In that sense, Swedish vocalist Lena Mandotter is almost foolhardy to release her new album "Songs of Leonard Cohen". But she is pretty confident that this album will go down well, even among the most loyal...

To finish the FW00AA3 compilation of folk ballads from the Asch Records catalogue, this collection samples songs and instrumentals from many favorite musicians of later fame: Hobart Smith bangs out a rousing "Cindy" on the piano, Woody Guthrie and Sonny...

To everyone in all the world / I reach my hand, I shake their hand, sings Pete Seeger. The material performed on this album-from a Japanese song, "Never Again Shall We Allow Another Atom Bomb to Fall," to a refrain sung during the Montgomery bus boycott...

To celebrate their 20-year career Le Vent du Nord presents Les Voix du vent avec cordes et piano, a trip through their back catalogue with fresh arrangements, designed to create a blissful fusion between traditional folk music and classical music. Taking...

To celebrate their 20th anniversary this year, the multi award-winning band Le Vent du Nord (the Wind of the North) have created an album titled 20 Printemps (20 Springtimes). Springtime signifies rebirth and rejuvenation - hallmarks of a band that over...

To celebrate the winter solstice in 1986, Fast Folk Musical Magazine issued a collection of seasonal songs. This album includes performances with Pete Seeger singing "Cristo Ya Nacio en Palacaquina" with vocal backing by Peter, Paul and Mary, and Pete...