Wizz Jones is an English folk guitarist and singer who began his career in the 1950s, and has been recording since the mid 1960s. He has worked with British folk guitarists such…
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Dogwood Tales – Closest Thing to Heaven (2020)
Dogwood Tales is a modern Americana band from the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia. I think I had heard of the group a little while back, but when someone shared their album…
Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
I think I had heard of Sturgill Simpson in passing before I watched the movie, The Dead Don’t Die (2019), which prominently features a song by Simpson at multiple points within the…
Lowell George – Thanks, I’ll Eat It Here (1979)
Lowell George is often remembered as a leading figure in Little Feat during the band’s earlier years, but the late rock and roll artist also played in The Mothers of Invention before…
Bridget St John – Songs for the Gentle Man (1971)
Bridget St John is an English musician who recorded a series of albums between 1968 and 1974, after which she moved to the Greenwich Village scene in New York and essentially disappeared…
Pete Seeger – American Play Parties (1959)
Pete Seeger was an American folk artist who began his career in 1939 and continued making music for multiple decades, and is a musician I have been meaning to listen to for…
Judy Collins – Wildflowers (1967)
Judy Collins is an artist that I’ve been meaning to listen to for a little while now. She’s been known for social activism, as well as an Americana style. She had her…
The Standells – Why Pick On Me – Sometimes Good Guys Don’t (1966)
This album, Why Pick On Me – Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White (1966), was the second studio album from The Standells, a garage rock band that was formed in Los Angeles…
The Electric Prunes – Just Good Old Rock and Roll (1969)
The Electric Prunes are a psychedelic rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965. The group’s first run together and recording material lasted until 1970, but the band got back together in…
Dave Van Ronk & The Hudson Dusters (1967)
Dave Van Ronk was an American folk singer, and was another folk musician that was important in New York City’s Greenwich Village scene, much like Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, David Blue, and…