Folk Alliance International (FAI) Confirms Nominees, Honorees for International Folk Music Awards (IFMA), Including Lifetime Achievement Award for Tracy Chapman, People’s Voice Award for Alynda Segarra (of Hurray for the Riff Raff), etc.

Jan 17, 2024 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases

IFMA Nominees for Best of ’23 Include Album of the Year Nod to Molly Tuttle; Billy Strings, Nickel Creek, Madi Diaz; & Song of the Year to Joy Oladokun, Allison Russell, & Iris Dement Kansas City, MO (January 17, 2024) – Folk Alliance International...

Legendary Composer and Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim Announces New Album 3 + Shares “Mindif”

Dec 1, 2023 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Releases, Press Releases

Out January 26 via Gearbox Records “South Africa’s Mozart.” –Nelson Mandela “The sound and spirit of Abdullah Ibrahim are potent as ever” –The Wire “There are few musicians in jazz who can make you feel that essentially all is right in the world.”...

Featured on Heels of Appearance on 60 Minutes (CBS), Ghalia Volt Joins Allman Betts Family Revival Tour

Nov 28, 2023 | Ghalia Volt - Releases, Press Releases

Volt’s New Album Shout Sister Shout! (Ruf Records) Produced by David Catching (Queens of the Stone Age) in Joshua Tree, CA New Orleans-via-Belgium psych rock/garage/blues artist Ghalia Volt has joined the Allman Betts Family Revival tour. Volt’s new album, Shout...

Ruf Recording Artist Ghalia Volt Featured on CBS 60 Minutes’ “The State of the Blues” Segment

Nov 1, 2023 | Ghalia Volt - Releases, Press Releases

Volt’s New Album Shout Sister Shout! Produced by David Catching (Queens of the Stone Age) in Joshua Tree, CA Last night, 60 Minutes (CBS) spoke with New Orleans-via-Belgium psych rock/garage/blues artist Ghalia Volt and aired footage from her set from Juke Joint...

NPR Tiny Desk Concert by Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman Lands This Week

Oct 25, 2023 | Nora Brown - Releases, Press Releases

Brooklyn’s 18-Year Old Banjoist/Vocalist Nora Brown and Award-Winning Fiddle Player Stephanie Coleman Team Up for EP Lady of the Lake (Jalopy Records) NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert on Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman was released on Tuesday. Bob Boilen writes,...

Today, Clover Music Group Releases Jonah Tolchin’s “Innovative & Humble” (American Songwriter) Album Dockside, Recorded in Louisiana and Co-Produced with Luther Dickinson

Oct 20, 2023 | Jonah Tolchin - Releases, Press Releases

Tracks Added to Three Official Spotify Playlists and Key Radio Stations WMOT (Nashville, TN) & KCSN (LA) Jonah Tolchin’s Dockside album was released today by his newly-founded label Clover Music Group (to which he has already signed other artists). Dockside is...

“Sensational” (American Songwriter), “Electrifying” (Guitar World), “Firecracker” (Offbeat) Ghalia Volt’s Album Shout Sister Shout! (Ruf Records) Debuts at #2 on Billboard’s Blues Chart

Oct 20, 2023 | Ghalia Volt - Releases, Press Releases

Album Produced by David Catching (Queens of the Stone Age) in Joshua Tree, CA New Orleans-via-Belgium garage-blues artist/rock and roller Ghalia Volt made a pilgrimage to Joshua Tree, CA to make new album Shout Sister Shout!, out this month via Ruf Records. Producer...

15th Annual Brooklyn Folk Festival Confirms Harry Smith at 100 Programming, Celebrating Compiler of Landmark Anthology of American Folk Music, Including Live Set from New York Dolls’ Great David Johansen with Members of His Band the Harry Smiths

Oct 12, 2023 | Brooklyn Folk Festival - Releases, Press Releases

Brooklyn Folk Fest Performers to Recreate Vol. 3 of the Anthology The Brooklyn Folk Festival, which celebrates its 15th edition this year, has confirmed events celebrating the centennial of Harry Smith, artist, filmmaker, and compiler of The Anthology of American Folk...

Folk Alliance International Announces Initial Official Showcase Lineup of 130+ Artists from 36 Countries of Origin for 36th Annual Conference in Kansas City, MO Feb. 21-25, 2024

Sep 13, 2023 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases

Lineup Includes Rainbow Girls, Willi Carlisle, Jolie Holland, Flamy Grant, Kaia Kater, Olive Klug, John Gallagher, Jr., Crys Matthews, Amy LaVere, The Steel Wheels, Livingston Taylor, and Many More Kansas City, MO (September 13, 2023) – Today, Folk Alliance...

Atwood Magazine Premiere: Looms, “The Water”

Sep 11, 2023 | Looms - Results, Press Releases

Premiere: Looms’ New Single “The Water” Depicts the Heavy Weight of a Sinking Friendship “Sometimes it’s distance; sometimes it’s where you are in your lives; sometimes you simply drift apart over the years.”  |  Read More at Atwood...

How Jonah Tolchin’s Jewish Jewish & Buddist Faith; Peter Green’s Passing; His Divorce and Remarriage Shaped His New Blues-Adjacent LP Dockside

Sep 7, 2023 | Jonah Tolchin - Releases, Press Releases

New Single “Endless Highway,” Out Last Week, Added to Spotify’s Official “Got Blues” and “Blues Stompers” Playlists, Helping Tolchin Earn Enough from Streaming for Him to Stay Home from the Road Jonah Tolchin – the Americana...

Brooklyn Folk Festival Shares Lineup for 15th Edition Nov. 10-12 with Alynda Segarra, Nora Brown, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Alice Gerrard, The Fugs, Jake Blount, Dom Flemons, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton, and Many More, Over 30 Artists on Two Stages

Sep 7, 2023 | Brooklyn Folk Festival - Releases, Press Releases

Celebration of 75 Years of Folkways Records Confirmed, with Artists Past and Present “Diverse, spontaneous, countercultural, and trenchant… one of the most vital and spiritually sound folk-music events in the country” –Amanda Petrusich, The New...

Meadowlark Festival and Benefit for Farmers Add the “Famously Kinetic” (Pitchfork) Detroit Cobras Sept. 9 and Hudson Valley Duo the Kondrat Sisters Sept. 10

Aug 29, 2023 | Meadowlark - Releases, Press Releases

Garage Rock Legends Join Lineup with Grammy-Nominated Band Devotchka; “Great Band” (Stereogum) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; “One of the Absolute Best Singer Songwriters in the World” (AP) Chris Smither; & More Sept. 8-10 Meadowlark – the...

“Sensational” (American Songwriter), “Electrifying,” (Guitar World), “Firecracker” (Offbeat) Garage-Blues Artist/Rock & Roller Ghalia Volt Plots Album Produced by David Catching (Queens of the Stone Age)

Aug 23, 2023 | Ghalia Volt - Releases, Press Releases

Volt Traveled to Joshua Tree to Record Shout Sister Shout!, Out Oct. 6 via Ruf Records with First Single and Video Out Sept 8 New Orleans-via-Belgium garage-blues artist/rock and roller Ghalia Volt made a pilgrimage to Joshua Tree, CA to make new album Shout Sister...

Brooklyn DIY Scene Stalwarts Looms Plot the Dogs of Doubt EP, Oct. 17

Aug 22, 2023 | Looms - Releases, Press Releases

Led by Sharif Mekawy, Indie Rock Band Shares First Single “You Already” Today “Almost outside of time… Looms have tapped into something truly special.”–Post-Trash “Delightful indie rock that’s slightly left of center.”–UPROXX “Mekawy’s wry,...