Jul 9, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Ma Rainey, Mother of the Blues “The recording, which represent a major leap forward in audio quality, is a 118-track box set with four previously un-reissued recordings and never-before-published photos.” | Read More at Margie...
Jul 8, 2026 | Laurelyn Dossett - Results
Laurelyn Dossett Steps Into The Light With How Many Moons “There are artists who spend their careers circling the centre of gravity in a regional music scene, quietly shaping its sound without ever needing to stand directly in the spotlight.” | Read More...
Jul 8, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Rant & Roll “The sound, amazingly enough, is devoid of the usual snap/crackle/pop of most early blues recordings.” | Read More at The...
Jul 6, 2026 | New Yorker, Nora Brown - Results
An American Playlist “As the country celebrates its semiquincentennial, the hosts of Critics at Large reflect on its past, present, and future—through songs.” | Read More at The New...
Jul 6, 2026 | Jalopy Records - Results
Vaiano’s Paisanos Revisit Early 20th-Century Immigrant String-Band Music On Debut Album “String band Vaiano’s Paisanos features Rachel Meirs on violin and mandolin, Maxwell Apra on mandolin, tenor banjo, and tenor guitar, and Van Burchfield on guitar, with...
Jul 6, 2026 | Jalopy Records - Results
New Releases for Libraries “It’s one thing to play old-time music in a faithfully old-time style; it’s quite another to play and record old-time music in an old-time style.” | Read More at CD Hot...
Jul 1, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
“Whilst we’ve repeatedly featured improvised music here on Cyclic Defrost usually it’s occurring between humans. This piece is a little different.” | Read More at Cyclic...
Jul 1, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Ma Rainey Box Set Collects Complete Paramount Recordings From 1923–1928 “In the 1920s, Rainey was among the most widely heard blues artists, with records circulating through sales and jukebox play at levels comparable to figures later elevated through rock-era...
Jul 1, 2026 | AS&S - Releases, Press Releases
The First Book on Postwar Protest and Struggle Music to Offer a Broad Sonic Sweep Across All Genres “Will Kaufman has uncovered a massive hidden history, one that none of us can ignore.”–Chuck D American Song and Struggle from World War II to MAGA: A...
Jun 30, 2026 | No Depression, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
BEST OF BLUES: Smithsonian Folkways Classics, Swamp Dogg, and Joe Krown “Additionally, Smithsonian Folkways has assembled an impressive blues collection that features well-known blues artists performing material that may be unfamiliar to some blues fans.” ...
Jun 24, 2026 | Dida Pelled - Results
Album Review: Dida Pelled, I Wish You Would “Taking this classic blues track and adding a kick, Dida not only sings the vocals but gives the guitar a total jazz twist with fluid lead and soloing.” | Read More at BMan’s Blues...
Jun 23, 2026 | Press Releases, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Releases
Orcas’ Greatest Hits by Avant-Garde Sound Artist & Naturalist Jim Nollman—with Whale Collaborators—to Be Released August 14 “Stunning… Nollman stakes out common ground between experimental art and environmental stewardship.” –Magnet Magazine The world...
Jun 23, 2026 | Folk Alliance - Results
Grammy Awards Add Best Traditional Folk Album Category for 69th Ceremony “The Recording Academy has announced a new Grammy category, Best Traditional Folk Album, as part of a broader set of category and rule changes that will take effect at the 69th Grammy...
Jun 23, 2026 | Laurelyn Dossett - Results
Laurelyn Dossett, “Believe Me”: Here’s the Truth Looking You in the Eye “If you’re looking for a singer-songwriter whose words and voice sit well within a tradition of honest, straightforward country storytelling, then look no further because...
Jun 23, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
LA Look at the Present and Distant Past Via Blues Recordings Over 103 Years “Like musical styles, record formats can have cycles of desirability or even fashionability.” | Read More at...
