New Field Recordings by John and Alan Lomax
Jalopy Records partners with Mississippi Records to release 'Lost Train Blues' – compiled for Alan Lomax’s 100th birthday with never-before-issued field recordings.
This project excited me when I was told about it. What foresight some people had to make these recordings and preserve them! Read the
Eric Andersen on Camus, Byron, Dylan, and Ochs
When I first saw Eric Andersen perform, I was floored by the sheer beauty of his music, voice, and lyrics. It was 1974 in a tiny downtown Denver club called Ebbets Field that no longer exists, and the entire audience appeared mesmerized by every word he sang. He played “Violets
What Happens at Bluegrass Festivals?
This afternoon we started our trek north from Florida, heading into the blooming outdoor bluegrass season, which runs from April through October in most of the country. I've been writing this column for a year now, writing about all the festivals I've attended, without ever commenting
The Underdogs of Seventies Country Rock
In the late Sixties Gram Parsons came up with the term Cosmic American Music as a more eloquent and hippie-dippie way to describe the type of music he was making. Gram despised the term “country-rock” and felt his term was a more accurate if not generalized way to
Lost in Space: The Epic Saga of Fort Worth's Space Opera
A FOREWORD, OF SORTS...
I have to laugh when I think of how many people, including those in the music industry, considered Space Opera one of Canada's best rock exports. It is understandable, as the only information on the jacket and inner sleeve besides lyrics and personnel had
Our First Podcaster: Calvin Powers and The Americana Music Show
Podcasting has been getting a lot of interest lately, but this is the first Radio Friendly interview highlighting a podcaster. I think that Calvin Powers of the Americana Music Show does one of the best podcasts out there.
Bill Frater: Where and when did you start in radio?
Calvin Powers: