Posted February 15, 2025 at 10:38 pm | No comments
Following a dream-like performance by Amadou Kouyate who performed on kora and djembe, some of his original compositions, along with traditional 13th century West African music, the masterful guitarist, Yasmin Williams, opened to a packed house at the legendary Birchmere Music Hall.
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Posted February 12, 2025 at 7:24 am | No comments
In 1987, So Rebellious a Lover – the watershed duet album of Byrds co-founder Gene Clark and revered folk-rock maverick Carla Olson – pioneered the Americana genre.
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Posted January 21, 2025 at 12:31 pm | No comments
With over 100 combined years of touring, Little Feat and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band have each performed their music to audiences across the world. Now these two monumental bands, who share a mutual admiration, are joining forces on the road for the first time with their Dirty Feat Tour.
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Posted December 12, 2024 at 7:48 am | No comments
From the legendary photographer, Elliot Landy, “This photo has become my most popular image of Bob taken in Woodstock, NY in 1968. In addition to its visual beauty, I feel it sub-consciously communicates the otherworldliness of his musical vision
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Posted October 2, 2024 at 9:17 am | No comments
On October 4th, Bear Family Records proudly releases a stunning compilation album, He Took Us By Storm: 25 Lost Classics From The Bob Dylan Folk-Rock Revolution Era. This new compilation celebrates the iconic musician and songwriter who transformed folk and rock music in the ’60s, becoming a global symbol of cultural revolution in youth movements: Bob Dylan.
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Posted May 20, 2024 at 5:12 am | No comments
NALOGr, the leading online auction platform specializing in iconic music memorabilia, invites fans, collectors, and music enthusiasts to participate in DEAD 2 —an extraordinary event featuring over 300 curated lots from The Grateful Dead. From Jerry Garcia to Bob Weir and beyond, this collection showcases exceptional memorabilia celebrating the band’s legendary legacy in music history.
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Posted April 2, 2024 at 11:02 am | No comments
While there is no lack of great songs that honor love, acclaimed singer/songwriter/guitarist Cris Jacobs offers a heartfelt and unique perspective on marriage and committed relationships on his lively new track “Lifetime To Go,” featuring Lee Ann Womack. The song appears on his first album in five years, One Of These Days
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Posted October 10, 2023 at 3:42 pm | No comments
The ironclad heft of Furnace Mountain’s talent shows up shining on every track of their release, Shadow of Plenty. The quartet of masterful musician’s hail from Loudoun County, Virginia’s Piedmont area where iron ore was extracted and formed into muskets, wagon wheels and more, all part of the Industrial Revolution.
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Posted October 1, 2023 at 10:00 am | No comments
by: Rick Landers Decades ago, banjo man Stephen Wade made an indelible mark on stage performing his now legendary one-man act, Banjo Dancing, or the 48th Annual Squitters Mountain Song, Dance, Folklore Convention & Banjo Contest and How I Lost, in Chicago (1979), and later scored a major coup at Washington, D.C.’s Arena Stage, where I […]
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Posted September 5, 2023 at 5:34 am | No comments
In celebration of the 50th anniversary, Jesse Colin Young has announced a fully remastered release of one of his most iconic albums, Song for Juli, due out on September 15. Originally released on September 4, 1973, the all-new version will be available on all streaming platforms as well as extremely limited-edition vinyl.
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