Folk

JP Harris has a secret: his name is actually "Squash." Long before Harris became a well regarded honky-tonker, he used his childhood nickname while playing archaic "old-time" American tunes at underground fiddlers' gatherings, engrossed in this punkish...

Joy Oladokun - "in defense of my own happiness (complete)" Following the release of her critically acclaimed album, Nashville-based singer-songwriter and producer Joy Oladokun unveils the "complete" installment of her album series, in defense of my own...

Journeys from Gospel Oak is the 1974 solo album by country rock/folk rock musician Ian Matthews. It was recorded in November 1972 and released by Mooncrest in 1974 who had also released albums by other ex-Fairport Convention colleagues, Ashley Hutchings...

Josh White was an entertainer, singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor and civil rights activist, who became a very public face of protest in the 1940s and was well-known and popular in showbiz circles.

Jordan Moser's label debut Long Night is witty, literary folk-country in the vein of the Texas outlaw greats, with nods to folks like John Prine and Guy Clark. Molly Burch sings on all 8 tracks of this record, including the country duet "Road To Trouble"...

JONO MANSON A profoundly gifted writer, producer, and performer, Jono Manson weaves the disparate threads of his remarkable life into a captivating, cohesive whole on his dazzling new album, Coney Island Serenade. Recorded at Manson's own The Kitchen...

JON-MARK's enviable skills as a musician are familiar to many due to his leadership of the much-loved Mark-Almond band during the 1970s. Less familiar is his early work as an itinerant folk guitarist and session player in the mid-1960s, the recorded...

Jonah Tolchin has wrestled with a wellspring of emotions in his 26 years, and in the process, has consistently found the means of integrating his sentiments into his songs. It's been a relatively brief progression as far as his career is concerned, but...

Joint album from two famous Russian acts! Amazing voice of Count Ash and firm analogue sounds from VK which goes deep into Slavic chronotope. North Russian folklore, ritualism and intellectualism, tradition and avant-garde, Archangelsk and Saint...

Joined on this recording by fiddler Tracy Schwarz, this album explores new musical territory "at least ten years in either direction," including unaccompanied ballad singing and bluegrass. Of especial note is the variety of banjo styles represented, from...

John's fifth album was originally released on Riverboat Records in 1965 before coming out on Takoma, and ranks as many people's favorite Fahey record, most notably Leo Kottke. Blues, raga, ragtime, folk... all flow from Fahey's gently dissonant guitar in...

Johnny McEvoy has no peer when it comes to singing Irish ballads. In 1965 he became Ireland's first folk pin-up when he had a huge hit with, "Muirsheen Durkin". Fortyfive years later he is still at the top of his game and this outstanding collection.1...