THROUGH THE LENS: The 2024 Philadelphia Folk Festival Returns to Its Roots
After a one-year hiatus, the venerable Philadelphia Folk Festival returned home to the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township, Pennsylvania, for its 61st edition Aug. 16-18.
The one-year “pause” was necessary for the festival to reduce its financial debt, restructure the operations of its parent organization,
FRESH TRACK: 49 Winchester – 'Leavin' This Holler'
Watch the video single for 49 Winchester's title track from their new album, Leavin' This Holler — out everywhere now.
ALBUM REVIEW: Amy Rigby Carves Out Her Own Definition of Cool
What does it mean to be “cool” after 60, and does it even matter? Amy Rigby is getting to the heart of it on her latest record, Hang in There With Me, expressing the universal feeling that one is always just their younger self trapped in an aging body, looking
The Universal Language of Bluegrass in La Roche
The crowd filed into the festival grounds at this year’s Bluegrass in La Roche in eastern France as the hot August sun began to set, offering a little relief to festivalgoers. The band Blue Weed, from Italy, was wrapping up their first song on the main stage. This annual
BONUS TRACKS: Music Shares the Spotlight at the Democratic Convention
Music had a front-row seat at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, with announced guests and plenty of surprises (including Jason Isbell!) getting the spotlight right alongside the politicians speaking. Another way music was featured was during Tuesday night’s traditional roll call, when each state’s
FOUNDERS’ KEEPERS: Two Thompsons, Jon Langford, and Madeleine Peyroux
The curse of Linda Thompson is that she is known principally for the exquisite agony of 1982's Shoot Out the Lights, the divorce album she recorded and toured behind with soon-to-be-ex-husband, Richard. And for her voice, no small gift but rendered undependable by a