folk
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Song of the Day: “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”
The heady freedom of the 1960s touched almost every aspect of society, from civil rights activism to gender equity to mass media. The ambitious “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash, is a telling example of that liberal attitude. Written by…
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Folk Poets and Scrambled Eggs
I think that’s avant-garde—the meeting of need and language. Over at Lit Hub, contemporary poetic hero Ben Lerner sits down with contemporary poetic heroine Eileen Myles to talk about vernacular, supercilious labels, the trials and tribulations of a young poet after…
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Sound Takes: Deep Below Heaven & Rumpus Video Premiere
Featuring an exclusive video premiere for Melaena Cadiz’s “Deep Below Heaven,” and an in-depth look at the new album.
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Tour Update: Jessica Pratt
Jessica Pratt has been touring nearly nonstop since the release of her second album, On Your Own Love Again (Drag City); earlier this month the label announced her tour would be extending, sending Pratt back to Europe after she completes…
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All We Want for Joni Mitchell
After months of worry and rumors about Joni Mitchell’s condition after her late-March hospitalization, it has been revealed that the singer is being treated for a brain aneurism. Although Joni Mitchell is being released to a rehab facility, she is still…
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Song of the Day: “Micheline”
A standout record in Mark Kozelek’s long career is the critically-lauded 2014 release, Benji. The presence of everyday tragedies permeates the record and propels the keening voice of Kozelek, aka Sun Kil Moon. On “Micheline,” he offers us three stories…
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Song of the Day: “The Singing Tree”
According to the experimental folk artist Mike Cooper, there is a tree in Almuñécar, in Southern Spain, that used to attract hundreds of birds. It inspired him to write the “avante folk” song “The Singing Tree,” off his recently reissued double…