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Welcome to the final installment of our four-part 60th Anniversary feature, gathering random thoughts, reminicences and ideas from 60 folks (15 each issue) from thoughout folk world about our music [...]

Welcome to 'part three' of our 60th Anniversary feature, gathering random thoughts, reminicences and ideas from 60 folk 15 each issue) from thoughout the folk world about our music and [...]

On the face of it, this is a fairly unlikely story: A media-darling alt-rock indie band recording for one of the core alt-punk labels from the Pacific Northwest (Kill Rock [...]

We live in extraordinary times. Never before in the world's history have distances been so irrelevant. In what seems like an instant, we can meet. see and hear our fellow [...]

Best laid plans. Last March, as we were finally finishing up the long delayed winter issue of Sing Out! (due to the family and health issues that I detailed in [...]

The iconinc bluegrass and old-time singer, bassist, guitarist and tireless advocate and activist for miner's rights Hazel Dickens died from complications due to pneumonia on April 22nd, 2011. Born June [...]

Rosalie Goldstein, a key player with the Winnipeg Folk festival almost from its inception, an agent and avid cheerleader for the artists and music, and one of the ballsiest, most [...]

TriBeCaStan is the brainchild of two eclectic multi-instrumentalists from Manhattan. They play a twisted blend of original music that mixes the traditional sounds and instruments of India, Morocco, the Middle [...]

First let me say that I love getting Sing Out! ... the articles and the CDs are excellent. I'm sending in my membership order form tomorrow to renew. Could you [...]

SNEKKA MOT (Mika Oli Todistottava) Kansanmusiiki-Instituutti 91 VILLE OJANEN Rautavaara Seita Music Ky 009 These two recordings represent some of the best examples of contemporary electric settings for Finnish music-in-the-tradition [...]

KAUSTISEN HAAKUORO AND TALLARI Kaustisen Haakuoro and Tallari Kaustisen Haakuoro 2002 One of the thrills of getting to attend the Kaustinen Folk Music festival this past summer was getting a [...]

HAPA Maui Hapa 002 Hapa is a contemporary island duo from Hawaii featuring the string wizardry of Barry Flanagan and the traditional-style singing of Nathan Aweau, who also contributes bass [...]

VUSI MAHLASELA The Voice (Ilivi Lebantfu) ATO 011 With a nickname like "The Voice," you might be expecting a lot from this South African singer, guitarist and songwriter ... but […]

SUDEN AIKA Etsijja Alba 24 / Laika 3510193 In 1996, Tellu Turkka, one of the two stunning Finnish woman's voices at the front of the Swedish folk-rock outfit Hedningarna at [...]

GO' 0402 Do you prefer your Scandi-folk more on the folk-rock side? Then Instinkt is a perfect place for you to start the Danish part of your tour. With a [...]

In the days that followed Pete Seeger's passing, 1 probably did about 50 interviews with journalists around the world. It was such an honor to have been able to work [...]

There's something truly inspiring about this collaboration between two 25-year-olds from southwest Virginia ... and a very special treat for lovers of pure traditional singing and playing, aficionados of the [...]

Fiddler, singer and songwriter Carrie Rodriguez is your quintessential child of the Austin music scene. The daughter of songwriter David Rodriguez and Texas painter Katy Nail, Carrie's music has the [...]

Apologies, again, for the delay in getting this issue to you ... but the reason for the delay is a good one. For the past several months we've been hard [...]

With a first listen one can immediately hear that Spiro is onto something quite distinct in the pantheon of tradition-infused instrumental quartets. These four master musicians from England--Jane Harbour on [...]

For the average person seeking out a great place to find hard-core Appalachian music, it's unlikely that Brooklyn, NY, would be at the top of anyone's list. In recent years, [...]

PETER OSTROUSHKO, The Mando Chronicles, (Red House 253). Minneapolis' Ostroushko is surely one of the foremost mandolin masters working today, and this three-disc set of instrumentals ranging from early American [...]

YVES LAMBERT TRIO, With Tommy Gauthier & Olivier Rondeau, (La Pruche Libre 2-4197). Accordionist and singer Lambert was a founding leader of La Bottine Souriante, arguably one of the most [...]

JODY STECHER, Wonders & Signs (Vegetiboy Music). Jody Stccher is arguably one of the finest first wave old-time revivalists. His recordings, often with partner Kate Brislin, combine a keen understanding [...]

CHARLIE PARR, Barnswallow (Charlie Parr). Charlie Parr is a Minnesota-based folk musician with deep, deep roots in traditional music that inform his originals so seamlessly that even his newest songs [...]

GORDON BOK, Because You Asked, (Timberhead 18). With more than 45 years honing his art, Gordon Bok remains one of folk music's greatest treasures. His voice pours over this newly [...]

Through the process of selecting songs for this issue, we ran headlong into another one of those pesky 'intellectual property' issues that is at the core of a lot of [...]

The New England songwriting great, and award winning novelist Bill Morrissey was found dead in his hotel room in Georgia on Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 where he was staying on [...]

By the time most of you hold this issue in your hands, I'll be headed to the 50th Anniversary Philadelphia Folk Festival. I go to a lot of festivals over [...]

New York Times described George Pickow (pronounced PEEK-oh) as % photographer best known for the thousands of album covers in which he captured the titans of folk, jazz and pop [...]

A confession: I love movies. Lots of different genres, from blockbuster to indie, sci-fi to rom-com. When serious folk music makes its way to the big screen--a convergence of two [...]

TRIBECASTAN 5 Star Cave Evergreen Music 004 The second outing for TriBeCaStan highlights their move from a duo with guests to a full quartet (multi instrumentalists John Kruth and Jeff [...]

Hitting the half-way point in our 60th anniversary year, the news of our founding editor Irwin Silber's passing in early September was sad news indeed. Now, I can't lay claim [...]

Whenever I'm asked to name my favorite folk festival, and that happens pretty often, there are many great events that spring to mind ... but the one that tops the [...]

I'd be nothing short of boorish if I didn't begin this issue's column by expressing my sincere and heartfelt gratitude for the tremendous expression of generosity and support that you [...]

Folk-Legacy Records founder Sandy Paton passed away on Sunday, July 26, around 6:30 p.m. He had been in poor health in recent years, suffering from emphysema, which required that he [...]

Yes, we're late. And you all have my profound apologies for that. I'll start out by assuring you all that this delay won't have any negative effect on memberships or [...]

Julie Fowlis was born and raised in North Uist ('yooist'), a small island in the middle of the Outer Hebrides, also known as the Western Isles, about thirty miles off [...]

These days, when someone asks how things are going, I usually respond with a question back: 'We're a small arts non-profit whose primary activity is publishing a magazine dedicated to [...]

ANNE HYTTA Sag, Kveld, Natt Ta:lik #30 ABDULRAHMAN SURIZEHI Love Songs and Trance Music from Baluchistan Etnisk Musikklubb #17 At first, combining reviews for a traditional hardingfele recording with a [...]

TURTLE DUHKS True Lover sugar Hill #4032 Because of its release as a 'download only' recording, this side project trio-collaboration between two members of the Manitoban new-traditionalist band The Duhks [...]

THE DECEMBERISTS The Crane Wife Capitol #0946-353984 Wondering why this seventh outing from the Portland-based alt-rock quintet, from a major label this time no less (not to mention a year [...]

This may be an odd location in the magazine for a film review, but Jim Brown's latest offering, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, is not exactly your average folk [...]

We were approaching the final days of production on this issue when the full brunt of the financial crises hit the news. I'd venture a guess that Sing Out! is [...]

Bob Norman, singer, songwriter, journalist, bird enthusiast, former editor of Sing Out! (1970-1977) and one of the calmest spirits on the planet, died from metastatic prostate cancer at his home [...]

My space this time out will be a tip of the hat to two venues whose contributions to our community far outweigh the lauds they so richly deserve. We spend [...]

Anyone who knows me at all is likely familiar with my excitement over the depth and breadth of' folk music that's been pouring out of Finland over the past few [...]

I'm guessing that we're about to get scolded by some of our long-time readers for taking up space in these pages with the special feature focusing on the business end [...]

A scattershot of various things running through my mind and across my desk: Following up on my thoughts on public radio offered last issue, I want to make sure you [...]

I Plan to be a KlezKamp this year and generally enjoyed the article by Mark Rubin except for the totally gratuitous following sentence which has absolutely nothing to do with […]