Folk

It was a time when music could change the world. Relive that special time with this compelling 3 CD collection of 75 the biggest folk music hits of the 1950s and 1960s! Included are hits from Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary, Joan Baez, The Kingston Trio,...

It was 8 days from the first downbeat to the last moment of the final mixes...about 70 hours. We chose 10 out of the 30 songs I'd written since moving to Austin a year and a half before the recording, had two short rehearsals then blazed thru the 10...

It takes courage to release the security of the familiar and embrace change. After five years of touring and establishing themselves as "the most important folk group to emerge from Boson since the early sixties" (Boston Globe), Crooked Still announced...

It is voices like Peggy Seeger's on this album that helped to make significant strides in the struggle for gender equality. Seeger's commentary is poignant and timeless as songs like "Nine-Month Blues" remain applicable in a society where a woman's right...

It is said that whisky poets & angels sing through a voice of velvet & grit; songstress Corinne West's 5th album has harnessed the elements with poetry and soul-stirring compositions. Deep Americana roots formed by her nomadic history radiate throughout...

It is hard to believe in modern times that the issue of women's suffrage once wracked the nation. Riots, demonstrations, and indignant editorials highlight the history of this long battle that finally ended in 1920 with the 19th Amendment. Liner notes by...

It is dangerous to be a protest singer writes Broadside Magazine publisher Gordon Friesen in the liner notes to this album. This 1968 series of interviews with folk singer Phil Ochs was released following Ochs' suicide in 1976. Ochs discourses at length...

Iris DeMent, one of the most celebrated country-folk performers of our day, returns with her first album in 8 years. LIFELINE Iris DeMent's first release on her own FlariElla springs from memories of her youth-time spent singing gospel as a young child...

IRIS DEMENT / WORKIN' ON A WORLD - On her transcendent new record, Workin' On A World, Iris DeMent faces the modern world - as it is right now - with it's climate catastrophe, pandemic illness, and epidemic of violence and social injustice - and not only...

Ireland's internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy announces her new album 'The Thomas Moore Project'. The album marks a significant first step in Eleanor's lifelong journey discovering the wonderful songs and extraordinary life of...

Ireland's internationally acclaimed singer songwriter Eleanor McEvoy releases her latest album STUFF on the MOSCODISC label. An eleven track collection, Stuff tells tales of unrequited love, lust and eloquent farewell, a heady brew of caustic observation...

Intriguingly immediate, intricately arranged folk. Initially intended as musical outlet for Kelly Dyson, Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love's full inception came in the form of a sudden, unplanned collaboration between Kelly and vocalist Natalia...