Folk Music

Greg Dunn Mandolins for Sale: Type: Serial Number Build dates: Finished and set up: A5 Mandolin A5-02 Body closed: March 2011 November 2012 Summary: This is the second mandolin I built and it was also based on a Stewart McDonald A5 kit. The name on the headstock, “Raydoris”, was used as a dedication to my [...]

Red Tail Ring The Heart's Swift Foot You hear it from the first note. The first word. And you know acoustic roots duo Red Tail Ring are going to be different. You hear it in the voices. On their new album, The Heart’s Swift Foot, Laurel Premo’s voice sounds like a swift clear mountain stream. It almost seems as if there’s a current to her voice that keeps pulling s […read more]

Matuto The Devil and the Diamond Matuto’s music is all about the dance. On stage, the instruments swirl together, bobbing in and out, whirling around the tension at the core of Matuto’s music: the push and pull between the Latin syncopations of Brazilian roots music and the folk traditions of the American South. It’s Bluegrass meets Brazil. It’s an unlike […read more]

Rural Rhythm Records has announced a new archival digital download album series that will focus on classic album reissues and “best of” artist collections.  The newly created Rural Roots Digital Series will help keep traditional roots music alive and preserved for future generations.  Two titles from the new series now available, with many more planned [...]

Over the past couple of years, the American folk music scene has seen its share of songwriting duos. From the Milk Carton Kids to male-female duos like Shovels + Rope and Birds of Chicago, and beyond, folks seem to be moving away from the 10-person band lineups and closer to a more simplified roster (still striving to achieve as much of a lush sound as possible). Whereas the big bands of three-to-five years ago stretched the imaginations of their songwriters, challenging them to add as many instruments as possible without resulting in utter chaos, singer-songwriter duos have been doing their best to keep it to just two voices and two instruments. Their challenge has been how far two people can push the music within those confines....Read Full Post

Le Vent Du Nord www.leventdunord.com UK Tour Dates July & August 2013 . Le Vent Du Nord (Wind from the North) perform traditional Québécois music in French which is heavily influenced by Celtic music from both Ireland and Brittany. The group uses a very diverse range of musical instruments augmented by Québécois Foot Percussion presented via a most entertaining, energetic and engaging stage show. They will be touring in the UK this summer: July 2013 Tues 23 New Vic Theatre, Etruria Road, Newcastle-u-Lyme, ST5 0JG Tel: 01782 717962 Tickets £15.00 -- From 7.30 p.m. Wed 24 The Sage, Gateshead, St Mary’s Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, Tyne& Wear, NE8 2JR Tel: 0191 443 4661 Tickets £15.00 -- From 7.30 p.m. Thurs 25. Borough Theatre Town Hall, Cross Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales HP7 5HD Tel: 01873 850805 Tickets £15.00 -- From 7.30 p.m. Fri 26. WOMAD, Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9DG

Jambands Australiahas announced the artist line up for JamGrass Music Festival 2013. After a highly successful 2012 festival, JamGrass Music Festival returns in 2013 with another exceptional lineup featuring Australia’s leading bluegrass, progressive bluegrass and jam orientated bands. The increase in interstate bands congregating in Melbourne for the 2013 event is a clear demonstration of [...]

Kickstarter videos can be a difficult thing to produce. It's hard to ask your friends, fans and colleagues for money, so invariably they seem a bit a forced. But as Kickstarter's become the main way not only to support recordings and touring, but also to interact with fans, the Kickstarter video has become a central statement for an artist. So with that in mind, I hope you'll check out the char […read more]

Many fans of American and Canadian folk music will probably know about Ruth Moody through the fact that she is one-third of the much-beloved Canadian folk trio the Wailin' Jennys. Before that, she collaborated with members of the Duhks on another much-loved Canadian roots troupe called Scruj MacDuhk. And, she's also got a fledgling solo career that's well worth paying attention to....Read Full Post

For over 24 years the small township of Harrietville has played host to this annual music festival run by the Bluegrass and Traditional Country Music Society of Australia. Last year the society organisers announced that they would no longer be running the annual event and thus it would seem to be the end of the festival. Not [...]