Folk

Fast Folk Musical Magazine debuted in January 1984 as the successor to The CooP magazine. The editorial goal of Fast Folk was to promote the performance of noncommercial artistic music, also known as American folk music. All 12 performances in this...

Fast Folk Musical Magazine debuted in January 1984 as the successor to The CooP folk music magazine. The editorial goal of Fast Folk was to promote the performance of noncommercial artistic music, also known as American folk music. This collection of...

Fast Folk Musical Magazine continued it's second year with a collection of a dozen story songs. This issue focuses on stories of wandering, love, and loss. Among the musical storytellers and stories are Jack Hardy (Pretty Peggy-O), Lucy Kaplansky...

Fast Folk Musical Magazine continued it's second year of publication with another dozen songs. This collection, subtitled Love Songs, considers the many aspects of love, ranging from the light-hearted to the sorrowful. Among the performers contributing...

Fast Folk Musical Magazine continued it's second year of publication with a collection of another dozen songs. Recorded live and subtitled Humor in Song, this collection demonstrates that folk songs need not be dark and melancholy. Headlining the...

Fast Folk Musical Magazine continued it's second year of publication with a collection of another dozen songs, this one focusing on traditional Folk songs and songs written in traditional Folk music styles. The pieces range from tales of lost love to...

Fast Folk Musical Magazine began it's second year with a first anniversary celebration of song. This collection of 12 tracks features new songs by veteran folk singer Tom Paxton (Little Bitty Gun), emerging singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega (The Queen and...

Fascinated by horses and cowboys, but not by school, Harry Jackson (1924-2011) left his home in Chicago at age 14 to become a ranch hand and cowboy in Wyoming. While there, he learned cowboy songs from traditional singers, and he sings them here in the...

Fans of American roots music are in for a real treat as a treasure trove of vintage recordings of classic material is collected here.1. Lonesome Valley - Monroe Brothers 2. Shake It and Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama) - Patton, Charley 3. My Dixie...

Fans may know Howdy's music from his long time work with Roy Acuff. The present home recordings, from the personal library of John Hartford, give us a powerful glimpse of the roots of Howdy's mature style. They are a missing link between early string...

Fans have been calling for this 1972 Nashville recording to come back ever since it went out of print in the mid-'70s. Bob weaves stirring stories of failing farms, changing towns and fellow performers as you hear Mill Town; Blind Marie; Charlie Zink;...

Famed music critic Dave Marsh said The Pines are "like the great folk-rock bands of yesteryear... I didn't hear a better new band in 2008" and Q Magazine gave their debut CD SPARROWS IN THE BELL raves and 4 stars. Now the edgy alt-folk duo is back with...