NHPR Folk Show Music and Dance Calendar 4.15.18
New Hampshire Public Radio
>>>Iris Dement at Alumni Hall ~ Haverhill NH ~ 7:30pm ~ http://www.courtstreetarts.org/. >>>Nora Jane Struthers at the Riverwalk Cafe ~ Nashua NH ~ 8pm ~ https://riverwalknashua.com/. Saturday, June 9 through Sunday June 10, 2018. >>>The Hardtacks at

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Charleston Post Courier

Charleston playlist: Guitar player Scottie Frier shares his top 5 songs
Charleston Post Courier
Scottie Frier teaches private guitar lessons out of Shem Creek Music in Mount Pleasant. He also toured with local Americana band The Travelin' Kine for the past two and a half years, plays with Charleston-turned-Nashville country artist Page Mackenzie

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San Francisco Chronicle

I'm With Her deliver folk through the prism of harmony – San …
San Francisco Chronicle
I'm With Her began on a whim — and well before Hillary Clinton adopted the phrase for her 2016 presidential campaign. The trio comprising folk musicians Sara Watkins, Aoife O'Donovan and Sarah Jarosz had its unofficial first concert at the 2014

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Vanyaland

For the 11th iteration of New Hampshire festival Thing In The Spring, organizer Eric Gagne is piling on more forms
Vanyaland
Gagne has shared the lineup for the Peterborough fest's 2018 edition, with acts like GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES!, Iris DeMent, The Weather Station (pictured up top, via Bandcamp), Halfsour, Ovlov, Lina Tullgren, Sammus, Pile's Rick Maguire, and Godspeed You

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Esquire.com

Religion vs. Spirituality – Dave Holmes Essay on Faith – Esquire
Esquire.com
A few weeks after my father's death, I went on a hike with a good friend of mine, a lifelong atheist. We got on the subject of Dad's last days, because the subject was never far from me, and he said, “It must be a relief to know you're going to see him

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FemaleFirst.co.uk

10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Yaba Badoe
FemaleFirst.co.uk
There's a story to my name. Yaba is my day name. It means I'm an Nzema woman born on a Thursday. Yaba is also the goddess of the earth, so if names mean anything, I should be well and truly grounded. My middle name, Mangela, was the name of my father's

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Broadway World

Ana Egge Announces New Album WHITE TIGER Out this June
Broadway World
Egge soon began hitting the road, opening for the likes of Iris DeMent, Shawn Colvin, and Ron Sexsmith. Later on she got to share the stage with John Prine, Sinead O'Connor, and Lucinda Williams who once said "Ana's an exceptional songwriter, listen to

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Town Line

REVIEW POTPOURRI – Singer/Songwriter: John Prine; Album …
Town Line
The first time I heard singer/songwriter John Prine, now 71, was at the Gorham gym, of what is now the University of Southern Maine, during the spring of 1972. He was the opening act for Lighthouse, was totally new to me and failed to make any

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Napa Valley Register

David Kerns' Live in the Valley: A conversation with Americana phenomenon Sarah Jarosz
Napa Valley Register
Jarosz acknowledged that she and Watkins and O'Donovan are among a large circle of women (Gillian Welch, Iris Dement, Rhiannon Giddens, The Wailin' Jennys and others) currently experiencing success in the Americana/folk scene. “It does seem like there

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