One of the most distinctive folk/bluegrass units of the 1960s was the Holy Modal Rounders,
whose Fantasy recordings combined Appalachian bluegrass and country traditions with the Greenwich Village/East Coast folk of the period. Although singer/acoustic guitarist Steve Weber and singer/fiddler/banjo ...
With songs by the Mamas & the Papas, the Cowsills, and Traffic, 20th Century Masters
-- The Millennium Collection: Best of Folk doesn't quite live up to what its title promises -- Best of Folk-Rock comes a little closer to ...
As of January 1, 2008, all recordings made in 1957 or earlier were in the
public domain in Europe, where copyright on them extends only 50 years. Among the LPs newly available to any European company that wanted to reissue ...
America's Music: The Roots of Country is an odd title, since there are only two
songs song on the 12-song budget-priced collection -- Eddy Arnold's Cattle Call, Patsy Cline's Lovesick Blues -- that was recorded before the '80s. In fact, ...
Ramblin' Jack Elliott found a warm welcome when he began touring England and the continent
in 1955, first as a solo act (on a scooter, with his wife in tow) and later with the banjo player Derroll Adams, and he ...
The Youngbloods' second long-player built on the strength of their self-titled debut by once again
creating a blend of captivating songwriting with an infectiously fun delivery. Although the album failed to produce a definitive single -- as Get Together had ...
Easy Rider was the surprise box-office hit of the summer of 1969, a low-budget film
about a couple of hippies who use their profits from a drug deal to drive their motorcycles across the Southwest and attend New Orleans' Mardi ...
God Bless the Grass is one of Pete Seeger's strongest efforts for Columbia. The environmental
theme gives the quintessential troubadour rare inspiration. The songs create a statement about the beauty of nature and the foibles of petty politics. But the ...