Bessie Jones, John Davis, and The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell and Ed Young
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Afterglow (Landslide Records). Review by Michelle Wilson.
A collection of convict work songs from Mississippi’s notorious Parchman Farm. Scott Adams tells the tale.
Original Soundtrack (Awake Productions). Review by Matthew Moyer.
America’s foremost ethnomusicologist and folklorist, Alan Lomax, passed away July 19. David Whited offers a small tribute to the man’s enormous legacy.
Bimini Nights (Victory World). Review by Ian Koss.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.