Aug 19, 2026 | Folk Alliance - Results
Folk Alliance International Coming To Chicago Next Year “The lineup features more than 160 artists representing thirty-one countries, thirty-two states and seven Canadian provinces.” | Read More at New...
Aug 19, 2026 | Press Releases, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Releases
Orcas’ Greatest Hits by Avant-Garde Sound Artist & Naturalist Jim Nollman—with Whale Collaborators—Released Today Via Smithsonian Folkways “I very much admire the work that you do.”–WFMU “Pretty damn enjoyable.”–PopMatters “A stunning exchange that...
Aug 19, 2026 | Jalopy Records - Results
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Clover Valley Boys’ Cover Of The Carter Family’s “Pretty Raindrops” “For the Clover Valley Boys, rooting around in country music’s past has never been an exercise in preservation or imitation.” | Read More at...
Aug 18, 2026 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases
Conference Set for Jan. 27-31, 2027 in Chicago, IL with Theme Hands In Solidarity Kansas City, MO and Chicago, IL (August 18, 2026) – Today, Folk Alliance International (FAI) – the leading and largest nonprofit which advances folk music and its communities by...
Aug 17, 2026 | Jalopy Records - Results
Sparkling Blue Eyes from Clover Valley Boys “The Clover Valley Boys are an interesting new string band, New Orleans-based street buskers, with an authentic early country, pre-bluegrass sound.” | Read More at Bluegrass...
Aug 17, 2026 | Gearbox Records - Results
Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Live at Falkoner Theatre Copnhagen 1966 “The night before Ella Fitzgerald’s historic concert with Duke Ellington in Stockholm, she played two concerts in Copenhagen.” | Read More at All About...
Aug 17, 2026 | Gearbox Records - Results
theartsdesk on Vinyl 99: Opus Kink, Ella Fitzgerald, Monolake, Waterboys, Scrimshire, Mohave 3 and more “Lying around for decades in a Danmarks Radio producer’s private collection, it’s a small but welcome addition to legendary canon.” | Read More at The...
Aug 13, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
How Ma Rainey Became the Mother of the Blues Read More at Financial...
Aug 13, 2026 | Jad Tariq - Results
Jad Tariq, Precious Company Out September 18 “Effortlessly blending feel-good swing with the raw emotional power of the blues, the album quickly captured the attention of audiences and critics alike.” | Read More at Jad...
Aug 11, 2026 | Jalopy Records - Releases, Press Releases
The Jalopy Theatre & School of Music, presenter of the Brooklyn Folk Festival, has announced the full lineup for this year’s festival. Taking place November 6–8 at St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn Heights, the 17th Annual Brooklyn Folk Festival will...
Aug 11, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Favoriting Out Here in the Field with Amanda: Playlist from August 10, 2026 “Musician, sound artist, and environmentalist Jim Nollman has spent his fifty-year career conversing with animals through music.” | Read More at...
Aug 11, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
“They would come in with a chord change”: Composer Jim Nollman has collaborated with turkeys, kangaroo rats and whales. Now he’s dropping “Orcas’ Greatest Hits” “Staff writer Sascha Pare spoke with musical composer and sound...
Aug 11, 2026 | BBC, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Turkish psychedelia and whale song blues “Lopa Kothari presents the best in global folk and roots-based music, with Turkish psychedelia from BaBa ZuLa and sound artist Jim Nollman duetting the blues with his local orcas.” | Read More at...
Aug 11, 2026 | Todd Albright - Results
Todd Albright’s “Blues for Dexter Linwood” “It’s just one of the stellar tracks from his new album, Blues for Dexter Linwood.” | Read More at Vintage...
Aug 11, 2026 | Laurelyn Dossett - Results
Fresh Cuts: Facing the rain, honoring legends, asking big questions “Produced by M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger, the album promises a celebration of North Caroline riches. Dossett is a ~30 year veteran of NC’s Americana and songwriting scene, but this is...
