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You’re on the Sound Beat…with Anna Canoni, the granddaughter of Woody Guthrie. Woody once said “If you use more than two chords you’re showing off”. But the simplicity of the music provides the perfect backdrop for Guthrie’s lyrics. (Interview) Many credit Woody with inventing the “Talkin’” format, with it’s free-formish, rambling melody. But Christopher Allan Bouchillon’s recording of ...
August 4, 2015You are listening to The Unknown Soldier’s Grave, recorded in 1926 by Vernon Dalhart, and…
July 23, 2015Most everyone knows the story of the pied piper…what you might not know is that the tale may be a true one.
July 22, 2015How a serious injury influenced the founding of the Church of Christ, Scientist.
April 16, 2015The NYC folk music scene you probably didn’t know about.
April 15, 2015