Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur’s greatest musical legacy might be injecting fun and unexpected surprises into multiple forms of traditional American music. For their latest album, Jim and Geoff turn to the music that inspired them when the folk music world opened...
Bobby Long is creating a name for himself by writing soulful folk songs noted for their deceptive simplicity and great depth. His latest album, the fan-funded Ode to Thinking, came out in 2015 and featured tracks such as “I’m Not Going Out Tonight,”...
Dom Flemons is hard to describe in just a few words. For the singer, songwriter, folklorist, musicians’ advocate and podcast host, however, “The American Songster” is just fine. Since co-founding the Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops in...
Oh Well, Okay by Lucy Moore Growing up in a musical family with close ties to Swallow Hill Music, Lucy Moore is no stranger to the rewards of a life in music, but she is also well aware of the unique challenges musicians face. In this Q&A Lucy discusses her...
Hailing from Virginia, but now Baltimore-based, Americana duo The Honey Dewdrops play Tuft Theatre at Swallow Hill Music on Friday, August 26. The pair might readily draw comparisons to Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, especially when Laura Wortman’s big voice...
If you’re heading out to Reverend Horton Heat at the Arvada Center on Saturday, August 6, make sure to show up early for Doug Kershaw. Known as “The Ragin’ Cajun,” Doug is a bona fide music legend, the sort you don’t often encounter these...
