All posts filed under: Acoustic Music

Few things are better than the sound of acoustic instruments

The gift of new favorites

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Some new favorites uncovered while composing Saturday Soundtracks in 2020.

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Music of the Celtic harp, guitar, and lute by DC-area musicians Linn Barnes & Allison Hampton.

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Advent may not have as many well-known carols as Christmas, but there are lovely seasonal tunes to explore nonetheless.

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A special edition Soundtrack for the premier of Andrew Bearden Brown’s lovely “Dream & Escape” program.

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Tom Waits, one of our generation’s great songwriters, as interpreted by some talented female musicians.

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The line from Doc Watson includes prestigious musicians and basement buskers. Here’s a tune they all love.

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“Of course she did” was my response when news broke that Dolly was an investor for a COVID vaccine.

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A dive into why Solas is my favorite Irish band, even if they are on indefinite hiatus.

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Two musicians who “discover a new emotional urgency in songs about the slow, challenging, beautiful heat of living.”

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The really grim and scary songs for Halloween were all hiding out in the roots music bin.