Folk

If you've all but given up on depth, authenticity and talent in the music business, Steve Conn will give you reason to rejoice. A uniquely gifted singer and songwriter, Conn transcends any limitations of genre with an earthy musical sensibility steeped...

If you're looking for U.S. presidential campaign songs and political ditties dating from 1800 to 1950, you'll find them on this collection, which includes a "Yankee Doodle" spin-off urging "Fair and Free Elections" and Lincoln's "Rally Round the Cause,...

If you look hard enough, you might just find yourself. However, the search may never be a matter of miles or a series of drastic shifts. Instead, it often happens when you sit still long enough to let yourself be found. UK-born and Los Angeles-based...

'If there's a story so far this year in Canada it's Joel Kroeker' - The Calgary Sun 'When I first heard Joel Kroeker play guitar it reminded me of a modern pop version of Lenny Breau. His guitar playing, and phrasing are very reminiscent of Lenny. His...

If there is such a thing as British folk music royalty, then Eliza Carthy is undoubtedly the Princess Royal. She is the daughter of English folk musicians singer/guitarist Martin Carthy and singer Norma Waterson, and stgarted making her own mark on the...

If Rick Shea's new record Love & Desperation had a motto, it would likely be, 'Necessity is the mother of invention.' The Southern California Americana artist's 12th album - due from Anaheim, CA-based Tres Pescadores Records on Oct. 16/23 as a physical...

If music makes you feel good, good music should make you feel better. In the case of the Guckenheimer Sour Kraut Band, however the most delicate nuances recorded here, the opposite seems to be true. This music proves that you can promote good feeling,...

If blue-eyed songstress Judy Blank would tell you she grew up in some one-horse-town in Louisiana, you'd probably believe her. But nothing could be further from the truth. Hailing from The Netherlands, the 24-year-old singersongwriter is not afraid to...

I'd rather have a new roll of duct-tape than another cowboy poetry record." - Waddie Mitchell America's award winning buckaroo poet is back with a new album of old and new, studio and live, real and imagined, cowboy and western words strewn together to...

Iconic folk singer Pete Seeger describes the music of Lead Belly as "some of the best songs we'll ever know." on this 11-track recording, Seeger pays tribute to the legendary blues musician and 12-string guitar virtuoso he also called a friend. Performed...

Iconic Canadian folk singer Murray McLauchlan is an eleven-time Juno award winning artist. He has received the Order of Canada, The Governor General's Performing Arts Award, has been inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and is soon to be...

Icon of the American folk music revival Pete Seeger teaches folk guitar through a detailed written instruction guide (included in the liner notes) which accompanies in-depth teaching and classic folk song examples on the album itself. He advises: "... if...