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For the Kiddies: Laura Veirs, “Tumble Bee”
Rob Smith discusses Laura Veirs' first kindie folk record
Read More »Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 6
Our look at AM Gold's 1963 entry tackles five very different tunes - from folk to soul to country
Read More »CD Review: Sarah Jarosz, “Follow Me Down”
Sarah Jarosz avoids the sophomore slump — mostly — on her latest release, Follow Me Down
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: The Topsiders, “Rock Goes Folk”
So what did they call mashups before the term existed? Well, whatever you call it, this is one. The Topsiders decided to take popular hits of the day and rearrange them with a folk
Read More »Live Music: Akron/Family @ Union Pool, 3/29/09
“Everyone is guilty,” Akron/Family sang at their second gig at Union Pool, but if their performance was any indication, that fact isn’t getting to them. The bi-city band, based in New York as well
Read More »CD Review: Simon & Garfunkel, “Live 1969″
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel gave the world something that has never been fully recognized, I think. Now, I enjoy folk music and several of its most recognizable proponents, but I cannot deny the
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: Los Lobos, “That Train Don’t Stop Here”
Los Lobos‘ 1992 album Kiko is nothing short of fabulous. A tour de force of primitive rhythms, Latino percussion, gorgeous acoustic and muddy electric guitars, and melodic variance of epic Sgt. Pepper scale. Oh,
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