As in previous years, we're off today, cleaning house and burning the social calendar at both ends for the long weekend. So here's our traditional Memorial Day post, plus a growing set of bonus tracks for our regular readers. For most of my life, the military has been an abstraction. Though war itself lives everpresent in our newsdriven culture, and memorial statues and parades a recurring part of community, my concept of life in the armed forces, and the risks [...]
Last year's final post - a Single Song Sunday feature on Cash classic I Still Miss Someone - found me musing on death, loss, and change after a rough year in the Howdy house. This year finds me in a different frame of mind. My work as an inner city teacher of an obscure elective subject is joyous and fulfilling, a challenge worth taking up each day. Our small community grows stronger, as does our commitment to it; each new activity we join brings [...]
Once again, our fledgling house concert series is honored to present one of our favorite artists. But where previous shows have featured young, up-and-coming musicians, this time around, through a serendipitous cancellation elsewhere, we are proud to be hosting a long-standing staple of the folkscene, one whose career I have been following since my father took me to see him at Cambridge folk club Passim as a young lad of fourteen. Today, we present some coversongs of and from the seminal songwriter, along with an invitation for you to join us as [...]
Everyone's favorite "occasionally blugrass" festival kicks off today in San Francisco. Check out the full three-day lineup and stage times over at Hardly Strictly's official site or enjoy some MP3s from some of this year's highlights. Friday: John Prine - "The Great Compromise" Lyle Lovett - "Record Lady" Saturday: Gillian Welch - "The Devil had a Hold of Me" Steve Earle - "Ellis Unit One" Laurie Lewis - "Who Will [...]
Everyone's favorite "occasionally blugrass" festival kicks off today in San Francisco. Check out the full three-day lineup and stage times over at Hardly Strictly's official site or enjoy some MP3s from some of this year's highlights. Friday: John Prine - "The Great Compromise" Lyle Lovett - "Record Lady" Saturday: Gillian Welch - "The Devil had a Hold of Me" Steve Earle - "Ellis Unit One" Laurie Lewis - "Who Will [...]
Our contest week got off to a great start Monday with a chance to win indiefolk tribute compilation Before the Goldrush. Entries for all contests won't close until midnight on Monday, July 6, so there's still time to throw your hat in the ring . But don't leave just yet. Because today, we up the ante by bringing you not one but four chances to win , thanks to the wonderful folks at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival and their sponsor Sugar Hill Records . [...]
It's been quite a while since our last installment of our popular (Re)Covered series, in which we revisit previous posts through the new and noteworthy. But a growing collection of stunning apres -post reader submissions and a mailbox full of new upcoming works from previously-featured musicians cry out to be shared, and we're long overdue. Without further ado, here's some new covertracks and newly-found folk favorites worthy of your attention. We've celebrated Kristin Andreassen , Ruth Merenda , [...]
and count its many tears. While we all sup sorrow with the poor." "Tis the song, the sigh of the weary, Hard Times, hard times, come again no more Many days you have lingered around my cabin door; Oh hard times come again no more." Of all of the songs written by Stephen Foster, "Hard Times Come Again No More" is one of the most popular and enduring. Oddly, at the time of its writing, the song was not especially popular. While "Hard Times" may not [...]
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