“Denver’s changed so much since I moved here in 1980,” Mollie O’Brien says. “But Swallow Hill has maintained the same wonderful commitment and love for the music and that’s a wonderful thing.” Mollie’s concerts in...
Long before catchall terms like Americana and Alt-Country became well-worn, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band blended their Southern California roots rock with some of country’s most hallowed songs and performers to record Will The Circle Be Unbroken. Whether the world...
Jon Hartford appears to be everywhere of late. Though the riverboat troubadour who exploded the boundaries of bluegrass died in 2001, he continues to show up in surprising and unlikely places. John’s song “This Eve of Parting” features prominently in...
“I am a working class musician.” With these simple words Ellis Paul described himself at the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference in November 2015. “I want to talk about basically where I’ve come from and why it worked for me. I’ve done 5,000...
Editor’s Note: Swallow Hill’s James Cook interviewed John Craigie and wrote this article. Somewhere in Portland, Oregon, hidden under a wash of pine trees, John Craigie is on his porch playing guitar with his friends. That is, when he isn’t playing...
Hailing from the Canadian “Steel City” of Hamilton, Ontario, Steel City Rovers create a sound true to their blue collar, Celtic roots. Add to that a hint of bluegrass and some raise-the-rafters energy, and you’ve got something to be reckoned with....
