Folk

Guitarist Norman Blake is one of the great unsung heroes of 20th century folk music. With nine GRAMMY nominations and several dozen albums under his own name and with his wife Nancy Blake, his long and storied career includes stints with Johnny Cash and...

Guitarist and singer Gordon Bok is a leading proponent of the music of the sea. On this CD, originally released in 1975, he is joined by vocalist Ann Mayo Muir on the 13 songs of Bay of Fundy, most of which are traditional. Tracks include: Snow Gull,...

Guitar wizard Beppe Gambetta is back with a new album that pays tribute to the masters of flat-picking who influenced his career. Includes two bonus live tracks featuring David Grisman and Gene Parsons. Watch for Gambetta on tour later this year.1...

Growing up in a musical family is not uncommon for many emerging artists, but for Meredith Moon, living in the shadow of her father Gordon Lightfoot's spotlight, the expectations were onerous. So for the past decade Meredith kept a low profile, taking...

Grimm is a modern troubadour who knows how to juggle autobiographical stories, personal experiences and the highly poetic imagery that evokes the small towns and the nature of his home-state Indiana. With THE TURNING POINT, Grimm continues to shareßhis...

Griffith fills her tenth album, and last with Elektra Records, with exclusively covers. 17 tracks in total, from people like Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Tom Paxton, Gordon Lightfoot and anyone else you can imagine, plus a few surprises! Features guest...

Greg Brown returns with IN THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA a live CD recorded at California's Kate Wolf Music Festival featuring 2-CDs worth of music plus 8 all new songs. Proceeds of this CD go to support the Jugalbandi, a "music and arts as education" program...

Greatly influenced by the music of the Carter Family, the Monroe Brothers, Uncle Dave Macon, and others of that era, Harry and Jeanie West are folk musicians who are always ready to incorporate new material. This album includes songs recorded by the...

Great songs: That's what you've come to expect from Livingston Taylor. On his latest, Ink, the winsome singer-songwriter delights by paying homage to pop songwriting with a collection of richly-realized interpretations, including Don Henley's "The End of...

Great Lake Swimmers second album, Bodies and Minds, is filled with songs of heartbreak, rural nostalgia, and the search for spiritual transcendence. The album picks up where their critically-acclaimed debut left off, featuring gentle, thoughtful...

Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Winner Daniel Boling shares experiences from a life well-lived in places as far-ranging as Okinawa, Japan, and Padre Island, Texas. This balladeer/songwriter brings his friendly tenor, fingerstyle guitar, frailed banjo, and...

Grassroots singers and players throughout the United States have long cultivated their own varieties of recital music. A simple dance tune transforms into a concert masterpiece; a personal plaint becomes emblematic of an era. With banjo and occasional...