FolkBlog

It’s State of the Union time again, and that means it’s time for the State of the Union Drinking Game. Play at your own risk with the beverage of your choice. If you’re lucky, you’ll be insensate after 15 minutes and won’t have to hear the rest of the speech.
It’s nukular party fun!
The [...]

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I found out last week that Paul Kelly put out an album in 2005 and somehow I completely missed it. Media Play, a music/DVD/books selling superstore-type chain is closing down and liquidating, and my girlfriend and I visited one of the locations on our way somewhere else, and lo and behold, there was [...]

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Jim Henry has recorded “Quickdraw Southpaw’s Last Hurrah”, a previously unrecorded song by the late Dave Carter, on his new album One-Horse Town. The album is an acoustic duo album recorded with Carter’s partner, Tracy Grammer.
Henry and Grammer will be touring together this year, so be sure to catch them live if they come near [...]

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Once again, as seems to be ever the case, it’s been way too long since I’ve blogged new adds. So, here they are.
Donal Hinely - Giants#3 on my Top 10 of 2005, this is a great folk/Americana album. It is political without being preachy, nostalgic without being treacly, and filled with songs with hooks. “Shock [...]

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It’s the 12th day of Christmas today, aka Epiphany, the day that the church celebrates the arrival of the Wise Men with gifts for the Baby Jesus. It also marks, at least in my estimation, the end of the holiday season, and thus I feel it necessary to announce the end of broadcasting for [...]

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