Aug 1, 2022 | Folk Alliance - Results
Review: Folk Alliance International 34th Annual Conference “This has been the subject of a photographic documentation project which has culminated in the Hanging Tree Guitars book and the images show a range of electric guitar bodies that Freeman Vines has...
Jul 28, 2022 | Nora Brown - Results
What’s it like to play the Newport Folk Festival? Meet 16-year-old banjo sensation Nora Brown “I spoke to teenage banjo extraordinaire Nora Brown who is turning 17 next week. Needless to say, she was excited to be returning to the festival where she played a...
Jul 21, 2022 | Nora Brown - Results
Newport Folk Festival Preview “Nora Brown is just 16 years old, but her command of traditional Appalachian music is already proficient and emotionally exacting.” | Read More at Folk...
Jul 21, 2022 | Hermon Hitson - Releases, MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
First Single “Ain’t No Other Way” Out This Week Herman Hitson (aka Hermon Hitson) – psych-rock and funk music pioneer; Jimi Hendrix collaborator; chitlin circuit veteran with James Brown, Joe Tex, Bobby Womack, Wilson Pickett, Jackie Wilson, the...
Jul 20, 2022 | Brooklyn Vegan, Hermon Hitson - Results, MMRF - Results
Hermon Hitson, “Ain’t No Other Way” “Herman Hitson, who was associated with Jimi Hendrix (and other legends) back in the ’60s, is set to release his first album in decades, Let The Gods Sing, on September 23 via Big Legal Mess.” | ...
Jul 20, 2022 | Hermon Hitson - Results, MMRF - Results
Funk-Soul Pioneer/Hendrix Collaborator Herman Hitson Premieres Single “Ain’t No Other Way” “Philadelphia-born, then Georgia- and Florida-raised, he first picked up the guitar, the instrument for which he is best known, when his doowop band’s...
Jul 18, 2022 | Nora Brown - Results
Teenage phenom Nora Brown puts her spin on banjo classics “Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Brown about her spin on banjo classics.” | Read More at...
Jul 18, 2022 | MMRF - Results
Sugar Harp, Sugar Is My Name “The air of self-assurance that permeates Sugar Harp’s performances on these ten tracks is only that which comes from decades of hearing and playing his chosen style of blues.” | Read More at All About...
Jul 13, 2022 | Nora Brown - Releases, Press Releases
NPR’s All Songs Considered Highlights Brown Newport Folk Festival and AmericanaFest have each confirmed Nora Brown to their official lineups. Newport will announce exact stage and set time on site for her performance July 22 while AmericanaFest has her...
Jul 11, 2022 | Nora Brown - Results, NPR
New Mix: Sylvan Esso, Ondara, Momma, Nora Brown and more “Then I take us to the hills and some mountain music from the learned and talented teenage banjo picker Nora Brown.” | Read More at...
Jul 7, 2022 | MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
First ever Music Maker Songbook written by director Tim Duffy and acclaimed journalist Chuck Reece, includes full transcriptions for 27 songs, including those by Etta Baker, Taj Mahal, Alabama Slim, Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, Robert Belfour, Guitar Gabriel...
Jul 6, 2022 | Annie Bartholomew - Results
Play brings rarely-seen side of Klondike Gold Rush to fore “The performance will look at the lives of some of the women of the era.” | Read More at Juneau...
Jul 5, 2022 | Christine Sweeney - Results
In Session: Christine Sweeney “An amalgamation of talent and influences, and equipped with a copious amount of charisma, Sweeney is the real deal.” | Read More at...
Jul 4, 2022 | Nora Brown - Results
Nora Brown announces third full-length album Long Time To Be Gone “The album was recorded at the historic St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn Heights, whose gothic revival ceiling adorns the album’s cover.” | Read More at Folk...
Jul 1, 2022 | Binker Golding - Results
Binker Golding’s New Album Has An Americana Twist “Binker Golding is part of a crucial generation of UK jazz musicians who have made their mark internationally.” | Read More at Clash...
