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Folk Monday – Matt the Electrican and Tom Paxton

So I saw this video that Music Fog did of Matt the Electrican, who is actually someone I’ve listened to a couple of times but never a full album. I was intrigued by the instrument and the music so I went to Rhapsody today and looked for the new album …

Sunday Shopping Mix – Part I

ok so reconnecting with and writing about Erica Wheeler made me remember what I used to do on Sundays and that was to create a two hour random playlist from my mp3 library. So today that’s what I did today and I listened to alot of artists that I haven’t …

Folk Monday – Reconnecting with Erica Wheeler

Ok so first a me thing – this week this blog will be very sparse – I am substituting for one of our inspectors on a soils project. I will be out observing stone column installations from 7 Am to 5 PM with little chance to listen to new music …

Blues – Grass Wednesday – Leftover Twang – 2

The second band that caught my attention yesterday was Acoustic Endeavors and their album On a Farm. On a Farm is a 2005 release from a band formed by Warren Anderson and Kelly Green in 1992, when they realized they needed an outlet for their music. The band now calls …

New Artist (to me) – Robin Greenstein

so one of the artist that I listened to this morning was Robin Greenstein and her 2003 album Images of Women Vol 1 a collection of folk songs about women. Her most recent album is Images of Women Vol II. Here’s a song from that album more to come later!

Come Sunrise – Rita Hoskings

So one of the albums that I’ve been listening to this week is Rita Hosking’s 2009 release Come Sunrise. I came across the album because it is currently number 46 on the Roots Music Report – Folk Chart. The album was nominated as “Best Country Album” in the 2010 Independent …

Folk Monday – Some brief listens!

Ok so over this four day weekend it has been very frustrating – see my main computer is Windows Vista and it does not recognize my mp3 player as a Sansa View. It will connect as a mass storage device but as a mass storage device you can not transfer …

Folk Favorite – Jack Williams

This morning I decided that it was a good day to listen to one of my favorite folk artists so I qued up Jack Williams on the mp3 player and listened to his album Laughing in the Face of the Blues. If you like great guitar picking coupled with great …

Folk Monday – Another Mix Day

So today I listened to a bunch of different albums none of which stood out on first listen but I may find something that I really, really like on the second listen or so. Anyway here’s what I listened to today for what it’s worth! I started the morning off …

Friday’s Forgotten Albums

So tonight I listened to some of the while maybe not forgotten, at least some vinyl albums that I haven’t listened to in a long while. First up is an album when it was released in 1970 was just called Kristofferson but by the time I bought it in 1971 …

Category: Folk

Folk Monday – Matt the Electrican and Tom Paxton

Sunday Shopping Mix – Part I

Folk Monday – Reconnecting with Erica Wheeler

Blues – Grass Wednesday – Leftover Twang – 2

New Artist (to me) – Robin Greenstein

Come Sunrise – Rita Hoskings

Folk Monday – Some brief listens!

Folk Favorite – Jack Williams

Folk Monday – Another Mix Day

Friday’s Forgotten Albums

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