This is super cool. Old news, but I didn't know about it and I assume most of you didn't either. Folklorist Alan Lomax spent his career documenting folk music traditions from around the world. Now thousands of the songs and interviews he recorded are ,...
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One doesn't exactly think of future Reaganite and California Angels owner Gene Autry as a crazy radical, but he did record "The Death of Old Mother Jones" in 1931.
One of the unsung legends of country music. More known as a producer than performer or songwriter, but he was everywhere in country music for 50 years. "Let's All Help.
I was not a fan of George Duke's solo work, but his work as a member of Frank Zappa's band in the 70s was outstanding and well worth remembering upon his death.
Since the hippie post has so many people up in arms (and I'd like to mention that myself and an occasional LGM commenter and unionist who shall remain anonymous managed.
J.J. Cale has died. Can't say I'm a huge fan of a style this laid-back, which can become outright sleepy. But Cale could write some excellent songs.
If you haven't already listened, I heartily recommend the Jason Isbell Fresh Air episode. There's some fantastic stuff; Isbell gives a very good interview, and even covers Don't Let it Bring You Down. As for the new album... it's not really my cup of tea....
Here's a Stereogum list of the 10 best Townes Van Zandt songs. I'll offer my own 10 best, which look pretty different. Between about 1997 and 2002 or so I.
I'm not sure if "great" is exactly the word for the bluesman T-Model Ford, but "interesting" certainly qualifies. He has died at the age of 94.
The projected violence following the not guilty verdict in the Zimmerman Trial is coming to pass. Lester Chambers, a seventy-three year-old musician known for his work as a member of The Chambers Brothers, was assaulted on stage at a blues festival last night after he...
Typical that a song as bad as the Star-Spangled Banner would have a neo-Confederate history. The section that favored the “Banner” was the South. By the 1920s when the newly.
If there was a Hall of Fame for great songs, Tom T. Hall's "Pay No Attention to Alice" would be an obvious induction.