Tag Archives: Folk Revival

Almost half of a century after putting away an album of Appalachian folksongs, Ellen Kossoy once again encountered the music of her youth inside a most improbable way. Sitting inside a cinema with moments from O Sibling, Where Artwork Thou? flickering over the display, she hadn’t likely to hear the …

An unusual studio room task, the Folkswingers did an album for the Globe Pacific label in 1963, 12 String Electric guitar!, which a pre-stardom Glen Campbell’s 12-string electric guitar playing was supported by three people from the Dillards (Rodney Dillard on electric guitar, Doug Dillard on banjo, and Dean Webb …

THE TRUNK Porch Bulk was one of the large folk music ensembles which were popular through the first half of the ’60s. Combined with the Serendipity Performers, they were regarded as competitors and imitators of the brand new Christy Minstrels, however they got a closer romantic relationship towards the second …

“Spider” John Koerner continues to be an influential specialist of traditional folk music and nation blues because the times of the past due-’50s/early-’60s folk revival. Both in his group, Koerner, Ray & Glover, and by himself, he offers helped popularize early folk and blues music through his shows and recordings, …

Gertrude Lawrence was among Great Britain’s brightest theatrical celebrities during the 1st fifty percent of the 20th hundred years. A lifelong friend and colleague of Noel Coward, Lawrence’s forte was advanced musical humor, where she exuded a energetic, charismatic stage existence that quickly overcame her shortcomings like a vocalist. She …

Dave “Snaker” Ray got his big break in the ’60s, when his regular companions “Spider” John Koerner and Tony Glover shaped the trio of Koerner, Ray & Glover. These were an important area of the folk music revival of that time period, documenting five albums for Elektra that blended ragtime, …

A Northumbrian group, they formed in the later ’60s, featuring Alistair Anderson, Tom Gilfellon, Johnny Deal with, and Colin Ross. The ADVANCED Ranters were extremely regionally focused, with lovely tracks in wide Geordie dialect and music identified with the spot.

From an early on age, traditional folk music played an intrinsic component in Hedy West’s life. Even though many of her peers would knowledge rural music for the very first time in urban configurations during the past due-’50s folk revival, Western world drew upon an abundance of Georgia’s traditional traditions. …

Harry Cox was a lifelong plantation laborer and folk singer from a little community in North Norfolk. Delivered in 1885, he attained regional fame being a performer early in his lifestyle, after being uncovered by the British composer E.J. Moeran within the ’20s, nonetheless it had not been until after …

The folk duo of Bud Dashiell and Travis Edmonson performed a huge selection of shows and recorded ten albums between 1958 and 1965, all without ever securing popular single. Bud & Travis performed a key function within the folk revival. Their outstanding guitar playing, easy harmonizing, and boundless catalog of …