Tag Archives: Contemporary Folk

Charles Lyonhart was created within the Bronx section of NEW YORK, where he grew up around the present day folk-rock movement as well as the defeat poet explosion which were both centered in the town. He eventually began writing his personal fiction, songs, and also became a music journalist for …

Charles Guard is among the best harpists in neuro-scientific Celtic music, carving a name out for himself being a saving musician and performer through the 1980s and 1990s. He was created in the Isle of Man, within the isle capital of Douglas, in a resort looking over Douglas Bay — …

A Houston-based singer/songwriter who writes mainly about local problems and conditions.

Simplicity is essential for the lo-fi mixture of folk/indie rock and roll from SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA duo Two Gallants. Acquiring their name from a Wayne Joyce short tale, Adam Stephens (vocals/acoustic guitar/harmonica) and Tyson Vogel (drums/vocals) have already been playing collectively as Two Gallants since 2002, sounding similar to …

Guitarist Geoff Muldaur, among the many performers to emerge from the folk, blues, and folk-rock moments centered in Cambridge and Woodstock, had been a well-known blues performer at that time he met up with old-time folk aficionado Jim Kweskin. Writing the bill in a 1963 concert in Boston, both distributed …

Dougie MacLean is among Scotland’s premier vocalist/songwriters. A past person in the Tannahill Weavers and Silly Wizard, MacLean offers used his tunes, including “Caledonia,” “The Performing Property,” and “Solid Floor,” to fully capture the natural splendor of his hometown within the border between your Highlands as well as the Valley …

Dutch songwriter/guitarist Advertisement van Meurs began playing keyboards inside a folk-rock music group called Deirdre within the mid-’70s. Following the punk trend, he turned to acoustic guitar and created the punk music group Bleistift. By the first ’80s, the group experienced become an experimental sound music group, including vehicle Meurs’s …

In the Northeastern folk circuit, guitarist John Sheehan established himself as an unbiased thinker along with a rugged individualist who championed the finger-style techniques of music artists as diverse as Julian Bream, Doc Watson, John Fahey, and Joe Move. Sheehan began function in 2001 on brand-new music and instrumentals for …

Greg Greenway was a promising senior high school and university basketball participant when he became alert to the racial injustices experienced by his Dark teammates. The knowledge inspired Greenway to create his first tracks. In the a lot more than 2 decades since, Greenway provides continued to make use of …

Bluegrass musician Walt Michael was created and raised in Maryland. He initial became alert to bluegrass while operating as students volunteer in Western Virginia and created a enthusiasm for the noises from the Appalachians. Although he’s an achieved musician — he is able to play harmonica, acoustic guitar, and mandolin …