Weekly Reader: Be fair and prosper
Denmark is fairer and doing better. Don’t listen to Republicans after Trump. Tombstone Every Mile is great country.
All posts filed under: Acoustic Music
Few things are better than the sound of acoustic instruments
Christie Lenée’s high-wire guitar routine
Christie is “like seeing a firecracker execute a high-wire circus routine while doing flips and juggling flaming bowling pins.”
February music for those of us tired of being alone
Songs during a pandemic for the lonesome. But who knows…you may not be that lonely yet!
Weekly Reader: A baker’s dozen
Links to 13 articles from the impeachment to people who coronasplain to Mission Control’s restoration.
Jake Blount’s path through metal and funk to get to the Appalachian music of the Black community
A gay and black performer working in Appalachian music, Blount features “historically informed, beautifully played old-time music.”
Yasmin Williams: Not your father’s Takoma Park fingerstyle guitarist
Williams is a bold acoustic innovator with an unorthodox, modern style of playing.
Taking a viscerally emotional journey with guitarist and singer John Smith
Steeped in the lineage of British folk, Smith is an innovative fingerstyle guitarist and a warm and welcoming singer.
Weekly Reader: Facing the rising sun
Leaving the gloomy past, presidential meltdowns, multiracial whiteness, and a new museum of African American music.
I’m on my way: Music for the MLK weekend
Richie Havens, Mavis Staples, & Rhiannon Giddens build our resolve on the weekend we honor MLK.
The darkest hour is just before dawn
After the insurrection at the Capitol, remember that it is darkest just before dawn.
