Wow, what a show. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, along with Bill Chambers, live in Fargo, North Dakota, June 18, 2009. Absolutely incredible. Bet you wish you were there. Well, through the magic of bootlegging technology, you can be. Download … Continue reading
Justin Townes Earle, opening for Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, live in Fargo, North Dakota, June 18, 2009. Download the audio of the entire show. Or, watch this clip on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Uxis9CxEY … Continue reading
Hopefully you know how great Leeroy Stagger is by now. The good-hearted faithful got an up-close and personal idea just how great he is at The Studome on Saturday June 13, when we saw an amazing, intimate house concert. We’ve … Continue reading
Fred Eaglesmith will be performing at Shooters in Kenora on June 30th. In live performance, Eaglesmith brings to mind both Neil Young’s raucous splendor with Crazy Horse and the tender beauty of Young’s acoustic numbers. This summer he embarks on … Continue reading
text copied from: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jambase/~3/ie7enbBdLLk/headsup.asp The Monsters. Monsters of Folk – comprised of Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James and M. Ward – will be releasing their first collaborative album on September 22. The self-titled … Continue reading
CFMA Committee Announces The Fifth Anniversary Edition of the Canadian Folk Music Awards and Call for Submissions Please visit the CFMA media web site at www.folkawards.ca/media The Canadian Folk Music Awards celebrates its fifth anniversary this year by returning … Continue reading
We’re hoping to chat with Leeroy Stagger today, although he’s on the road in the mountains of BC, so we’re not at all sure it’ll work, but we’re going to try. If it doesn’t work out today, we’ll try again … Continue reading
Changes Coming to the Folk Grammys SANTA MONICA, Calif. (June 3, 2009) — Due to the increasing growth of traditional music, The Academy has split the category Best Contemporary Folk/Americana into two categories: Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Americana … Continue reading
Freeing a Mentor From His Mythology By ANTHONY DeCURTIS Published: May 7, 2009 WOODSTOCK, N.Y. SINCE he released his first album in 1968, and especially since his death in 1997, the country songwriter Townes Van Zandt has been a prototypical … Continue reading
Red House Records is one of THE great/important independent folk/roots labels anywhere. They have great people, a great philosophy, and they put out great music. Not all of it is for me, but I stand wholeheartedly behind the label and … Continue reading