Joe Fletcher - You've Got the Wrong Man
As a 31-year-old woman whose favorite musicians, for the most part, stem from her grandmother's generation, it is a rare occurrence to have an “I was there” story. But, about five years ago, I came across a YouTube video of Deer Tick at a tiny club
Mother Country: Dave Crossland Shines a Light on John Stewart
Before the singer-songwriter movement took shape in the early '70s, before James Taylor made his way through “Fire and Rain” on his breakout Sweet Baby James album; before Carole King wove her Tapestry album into a bestselling classic, there was California Bloodlines. In 1969, former Kingston Trio member
Del & Woody: Tapping a Folk Hero’s Hillbilly Roots
Between them, Woody Guthrie and Del McCoury’s voices have blown like wind through much of the last century. Each has traveled the length and breadth of the United States. The depth of the American soul these two men have mined in songs and stories has been without measure. As
Billy Strings & Don Julin - Fiddle Tune X
During a time in music when listeners are utterly overwhelmed by the number of roots artists emerging, putting out recordings, and performing -- all fueled by the steadily growing revival -- there is a need for quality over quantity, now more than ever. That's not to say that there aren&
Boston Venues: Five Best, Five Worst, and Five Worth the Roadtrip
By Joel Barrett
Sweet music, sweet spots
For lovers of live music — rock, folk, or jazz, and everything in between — the Boston area really is the promised land. There are more concerts in one week in northeastern Massachusetts than most areas of the country have in a whole year. We
50 Years of Song: Peter Yarrow Is Going Strong
By Joel Barrett
Some fans may consider him the “first name” in folk music. That may be debatable, but he is definitely the first name of the iconic folk group Peter, Paul and Mary -- the trio that carried a generation through the civil rights struggle, Vietnam, and the birth of