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Today in Music – October 24,1911 – The Great Sonny Terry was born!!

The joyous whoop that Sonny Terry naturally emitted between raucous harp blasts was as distinctive a signature sound as can possibly be imagined. Only a handful of blues harmonicists wielded as much of a lasting influence on the genre as did the sightless Terry (Buster Brown, for one, copied the …

Life’s Soundtrack – A Busy Work Day in the Pines Music by Old Buck!

Today I was in the Pines of South Jersey testing concrete that’s being used in the re-construction of the spillway, for the dam at the upper lake at Camp Inawendiwin Tabernacle, NJ. So I thought it only fitting that the soundtrack to the site should have a little twang to …

Night Owl Music: The Trip from The Folk Sinner to Sonny Landreth’s “Z Rider”

Ok so Sonny Landreth is one of those musicians whose music is included in my library, but gets lost in the midst of the 18,000 plus tracks on my iPod! But yesterday, when I paid a visit to YouTube and watched the video that closes this post. I was blown …

Night Owl Music from Steve Goodman – “Veg-o-Matic”

So it’s late at night I’m tired maybe I should turn on the TV and fall to sleep to its glow, what could go wrong…….maybe Steve Goodman can tell us….. in a song that always brings a smile to my face no matter how many times I hear it!! and …

Lunchtime Music – John Gorka – “People My Age” Oh My!

Ok so on Wednesday, my wife moved closer to that magical life milepost the big 60! I won’t say how close she is because if I did she’d say “Well, I’ll still never be older than you!” And she’s right because as you may know, I passed that mile post …

Folk Flashback – Bill Morrissey – “Birches”

So the other day I wrote, that folk music describes the human experience, and very few people did that as well as Bill Morrissey did! Bill was a great songwriter, who viewed each song as a mini-movie. He created scenes and people of all walks of life in his songs …

Life’s Soundtrack – Part 1 – Cal Scott – Carved Wood Box

So last night as I worked burning, washing and sieving asphalt and its component parts, I listened to two fine folk albums. The first was the latest release from Cal Scott Carved Wood Box and the second was Walk Along John from Canadian mandolin virtuoso John Reischman. Currently, Cal Scott’s …

New Folk – Next Time Around from Darryl Purpose

My musical day today started with a mix of folk music from the iPod, first there was a song from Jesse Winchester’s Gentleman of Leisure album and then a Mark Erelli song, a track from Les Sampou, I haven’t heard her voice in a while! As my thoughts rambled through the …

2013 Bluegrass from 2010? The Unseen Strangers – Time Travel

So the other day I noticed an interesting band named, The Unseen Strangers at number 25 on the Roots Music Folk Chart. The album was Follow the Sound, I looked around at several music sites and I couldn’t find the album. What I did find was their 2010 release Time …

Category: Americana

Today in Music – October 24,1911 – The Great Sonny Terry was born!!

Life’s Soundtrack – A Busy Work Day in the Pines Music by Old Buck!

Night Owl Music: The Trip from The Folk Sinner to Sonny Landreth’s “Z Rider”

Night Owl Music from Steve Goodman – “Veg-o-Matic”

Lunchtime Music – John Gorka – “People My Age” Oh My!

Folk Flashback – Bill Morrissey – “Birches”

Life’s Soundtrack – Part 1 – Cal Scott – Carved Wood Box

New Folk – Next Time Around from Darryl Purpose

2013 Bluegrass from 2010? The Unseen Strangers – Time Travel

The Unseen Strangers – Time Travel

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