Folk

Notorious for his song 'California Hippie Murders!' - a ghoulish, harrowing, yodeling retelling of the infamous (Charles Manson masterminded) Tate-LaBianca slayings - Red River Dave was a genuine cowboy singing star turned tabloid balladeer. While...

Noted fresco painter Peter Hurd presents a selection of ranchera songs from New Mexico, where he grew up among Spanish speakers in the Hondo Valley. Hurd learned some of these songs as a child, but discovered others more recently during trips to Mexico...

Not long before Frank died in 1965, we recorded more of his traditional songs, plus a couple that he had written himself. A number of these are included here, accompanied by guitar, dulcimer, or Frank's home-made fretless banjo.1. Poor Man 2. Lord Lovel...

Not infrequently I am taken to task for the manner in which I approach my material, Folk singer and guitar player Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) wrote in the liner notes to Ballads, Blues, and a Spiritual. A white New Yorker singing traditional Southern Black...

Norwegian band Bo Outlaw & Loiten Twang Depot recorded their new album, "Lonestar State of Mind", in Music City, Nashville TN. The plan was to just record the basic tracks in the studio of Jim Lightman, a country veteran in Nashville TN. But after...

Northwest singer/songwriter Matt Price brings US a new collection of originals on his second CD, Cure for the Blues, straight out of his wandering mind. You'll find ironic torch songs, cowboy murder ballads, epic sea tales, urban character studies and...

North Dakota Impressions, Tom Brosseau's 2016 album, is the third of a trilogy to visit life from a local perspective, taking the listener on a journey begun with Grass Punks (2014) and Perfect Abandon (2015), through time that doesn't clip along...

North Carolina's Matt Heckler returns with 7 new studio recordings of traditional tinged Appalachian folk music. Building on his previous album 'Blood, Water, Coal' by including crowd favorites from his live show such as 'Antietam 1862' and fiddle...

Norman Thomas was the leader of the American Socialist Party in the 1930s and '40s. In 1960, he was interviewed by Howard Langer about the role of the minority political party in the United States. A six-time candidate for president, Thomas discusses the...

Norman first came to this country from his native Aberdeenshire to sing at one of the early Newport festivals. We heard him there and realized that we had met him (and had even given him a ride from Edinburgh to Aberdeen) when we were collecting songs in...

Norman Blake is the reigning master of old-time American guitar. He has played with several artists such as Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan, received 6 Grammy nominations and appears on the hit soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Peter Ostroushko is a...

Norma Christine Waterson is an English musician, best known as one of the original members of The Watersons, a celebrated English traditional group. Her eponymously titled solo debut Norma Waterson was produced by John Chelew and released by Hannibal...