Folk

Before this Greenwich Village folk doyen recorded for Prestige, he made a splash with his Smithsonian Folkways LPs. He came to be revered for these kinds of new spins on old blues and jazz classics: Hesitation Blues; Black Mountain Blues; My Baby's So...

Before the success of his group Here We Go Magic, Luke Temple worked full-time as a plasterer. At nights after work, he spent his hours crafting what would become Here We Go Magic's self-titled debut. During the days he wrote a completely different set...

Before the island's fame as a tourist destination, the people of Martha's Vineyard looked to the sea for sustenance, and sang about it for entertainment. These fourteen songs-amply annotated by folklorist Kenny Goldstein-tell of subsistence farming on...

Before photography, painted panoramas were often the only images the general public saw of distant lands. One such panorama from 1848, of "wondrous scenes of whaling and faraway islands," inspired a movie about the whaling industry; this album provides...

Before forming The Limeliters in July 1959, GLENN YARBROUGH - "the tenor with the golden voice" - had pursued an impressive solo career, which stretched back to the early 50s. This compilation features his unfeasibly rare 78rpm debut single, 'Follow The...

Becalmyounglovers is as much a return as it is a farewell. Phil Moore's first Bowerbirds album since 2012 is an artifact of transition, a domino effect of doors closing and Moore stumbling headfirst into the uncertainty of what comes after a life...

Beaucatcher Farewell was Bob's second Folk-Legacy recording. The title number is a beautiful tribute to an endangered mountain, played on the hammered dulcimer. Bob is backed by a bunch of the Tidewater Friends of Folk Music on this one, providing some...

Bay Area singer songwriter Valerie JanLois returns with her self-produced sophomore album, dos, the follow up to her 2010 full length debut, No Drop of Love (Is Ever Wasted). This new album includes some of JanLois' most powerful piano filled ballads.1...

Bart Budwig is a son of Idaho, a cosmic country crooner, a rousing trumpet player, and cryin'-style soul singer. His music is made up of seemingly incongruous parts; thrum & strum country rhythms, jazz guitar melodies, R&B vocals. When Bart sings he...

Baroque guitar, lute, violin, mandolin, bagpipes, kazoo & a slew of other traditional instruments make up this very up-beat music from vocalist & her band.1. Prodigal's Resolution 2. Playford Tunes 3. World Is Turned Upside Down 4. Jovial Begger (Yes...

Barnyard Frolic was The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band's first CD. It was inspired by Roy Acuff's jug band that he featured on his road shows. All acoustic music with a wash board. Some serious songs and some comical. We did Precious Jewel, and Wreck On The...

Barney Bentall is loved globally for his band the?Legendary Hearts, that over ten years in the 80s and 90s had more than nine hit singles, won Juno Awards and achieved platinum status for multiple albums. He went on to release acclaimed albums as a solo...