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Mark Erelli (born June 20, 1974) is an American singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, [1] and touring folk musician from Reading, Massachusetts who earned a master's degree in evolutionary biology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst before pursuing a career in music. Erelli has released nine solo albums and three collaborative albums.
Jim Blum is a folk music DJ on WKSU in Kent, Ohio, where he has produced shows for over 25 years in addition to producing shows for Internet radio Folk Alley since its inception in 2003. [1] Blum is also heavily involved with the Kent State Folk Festival. Blum got his start as the host of an hour-long bluegrass show on WKSU.
Red Horse is a collaboration by independent folk singer-songwriters Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, and Lucy Kaplansky.It is both the name of the studio album released by the trio on Red House Records in July 2010, and the name under which they have toured and performed in concert together as a supergroup.
Folk Alley named The Womack Family Band their featured artists of July 2010. [4] The group released their self-titled debut disc The Womack Family Band on September 15 of the same year, at the Winchester Music Hall (Lakewood, OH). [ 5 ]
Anthology of American Folk Music is a three-volume compilation album released in 1952 by Folkways Records. The album was compiled by experimental filmmaker Harry Smith from his own personal collection of 78 rpm records .
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. was created by Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife". [1] The center includes the Archive of Folk Culture, established at the library in 1928 as a repository for American folk music.
Birds of Chicago is an Americana/folk band founded in March 2012 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The band is led by husband and wife, JT Nero and Allison Russell. Russell is formerly of the Canadian roots act Po' Girl. [1] The duo-fronted band refers to their music as "secular gospel". [2]
According to New York Times: “transforms the tune from an urban teen-oriented lament into a mountain-flavored folk song of quiet, adult desperation.” [1] Her musical development was influenced by the western ballads of Marty Robbins , the guitar playing of Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell , the singing and banjo playing of Hedy West , and the ...