Many songwriters write but only a handful embody the music, the life, the legend. Happy 100th, Hank!
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“Gentle on My Mind” made him famous but John Hartford’s heart was always on the Mississippi.
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“Every audience was his,” Kris Kristofferson said, but no one knew Steve Goodman’s sad secret.
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On a winter night, alone and adrift, he checked into a fleabag hotel and began a new song. This land is your land, this land is my land. . .
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Mocked, belittled, stereotyped, the folks of Appalachia had never told their own story until the birth of Appalshop.
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The festival was 50 years ago and 50 miles away, but Woodstock, New York keeps the spirit alive.
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The songs came and went but Alan Lomax hunkered down and caught them — for all time and for all people.
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Got the blues? Listen to its offspring and try not to smile. And hear six jug band tunes in “I Hear America Singing.”
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A shrill song is stuck in our heads. Once it plays out, we should listen to the old tunes.
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The guitar growls, moans, weeps. A bass riff surrenders to a squeal of pain. . .
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Elizabeth Cotten charmed audiences with her "Freight Train" and her unique picking.
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