Tag Archives: Traditional Folk

Called after an mid-19th century uprising against the Uk government in South Wales, the Rebecca Riots can be an acoustic folk trio from Berkeley, CA. Andrea Prichett and Eve Decker fulfilled at a summer season camp where these were both employed in 1993. Both spent their evenings playing music collectively …

Appalachian singer/songwriter Nimrod Workman was created in Martin Region, KY in 1895. Called for his full-blooded Cherokee grandfather, Workman became a coal miner at age 14, an profession he remaining in 1952 after experiencing Dark lung and back again complications. Like many miners at that time, no payment was allotted …

Vocalist and guitarist Nick Reynolds was created Nicholas Wells Reynolds on July 27, 1933, in Coronado, CA, and because of his father’s enthusiasm for acoustic guitar, spent his child years surrounded by music. By enough time he signed up for Menlo University in Palo Alto, CA (he previously previously attended …

Kathy & Carol were the folk duet of Kathy Larisch and Carol McComb, who did a single record of harmonized Renaissance ballads for Elektra in 1965. Though relatively emblematic from the high, 100 % pure female vocals which were therefore widespread in early-1960s folk music, there’s beauty and creativity towards …

The Local American struggles from the 17th century inspired banjo player and keyboardist Rick Lee’s best-known tune, “Natick.”Written in 1984 and 1st documented by Solomon’s Seal, the folk/chamber music ensemble that Lee led along with his previous wife, Lorraine, the music is definitely a heartbreaking accounts of the tragic event. …

Like her famous brother James, folksinger Kate Taylor has shared a love for music since she could keep in mind. Her origins in rockabilly and pop flesh out her link with the traditional Appalachian stylings she’s recognized to perform. She shaped her first music group at 15 and got a …

Vocalist/songwriter Richard Dyer-Bennet was among the primary performers from the folk music renaissance of the first ’40s. A classically educated talent using a pitch-perfect, high lyric tenor, he was also an uncompromising proponent of innovative rights, also founding his very own highly influential 3rd party record label. Delivered Oct 6, …

Richard Fariña was a observed counterculture author and folksinger in the first ’60s. Married for a while to folksinger Carolyn Hester, he was an early on seductive of Bob Dylan, and actually documented a collectable record with Dylan (playing beneath the pseudonym Blind Guy Grunt) and Ric Von Schmidt in …

Although Phil Rosenthal is most likely most widely known as the longtime singer and guitarist in the influential bluegrass group the Seldom Scene, he’s also an accomplished songwriter and producer by himself. A indigenous of Guilford, CT, Rosenthal started his musical profession in the 1970s as mandolin participant and vocalist …

Presented in accurate carnival side-show style like a blind mountain guy just recently plucked from obscurity to execute for the civilized world, Jilson Setters documented several edges for RCA Victor as well as the Library of Congress, and made an appearance all over the world including NY society features and …