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Album review: Mumford & Sons, 'Babel'
2 stars (out of 4) U.K. quartet Mumford & Sons emerged from London a few years ago with banjos blazing. Their 2009 debut, “Sigh No More,” ended up selling more than 2 million copies and ushered in...
View ArticleSprings Folk Festival - history brought to life
As you yawn in history class wishing this could be more exciting, you're carried off into a dream. A man in a deerskin suit stands right up from the page of the book. He aims his muzzle loader. "BANG!"...
View ArticleSongs of freedom: Russian choir to visit South Florida
They'll sing about romance and religion. They'll sing military and folk songs and classics. But every piece will have one facet: the very freedom to sing. The Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir has Miami...
View ArticleA Tribute to the Anthology of American Folk Music in New Haven
Anthology of American Folk Music Night to benefit the Connecticut Food Bank Hosted by Elisa Flynn and Lys Guillorn Fri. Nov. 30, 9 p.m., Café Nine, 250 State St., New Haven, (203) 789-8281,...
View ArticleFriday night sees return of folk musician
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View ArticleThe Fugs still riotous after all these years
The Fugs finally return to Chicago on Saturday at the City Winery after a 44-year absence. The reception for the band is bound to be a bit warmer than it was when the counter-culture pioneers last...
View ArticleRenowned pianist brings night of miraculous Schubert to Allentown
As much new music as was released in 2012, a large volume also came from the vaults, dredged up to be remarketed and reexamined. Below are 10 historical recordings -- a combination of reissues and/or...
View ArticleFiddle Contest Founder Says Music's The Point
Founder Paul LeMay's reason for promoting the New England Fiddle Contest is different from that of contest volunteers. LeMay agrees with the volunteers that the contest, which will be held next month...
View ArticleRock, Pop & Country Listings
7TH ANNUAL PODUNK BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL July 25 - 27 - Lineup includes: Thurs, Thunder Mountain Bluegrass, Amy Gallatin and Stillwaters; Fri, open bluegrass scramble (bring instrument), Blistered Fingers,...
View ArticleWindsor Jazz Series Runs Through June
Sinan Bakir, the young, Turkish-born guitarist/composer who embraced Hartford as his hometown, has established himself as a much-respected, expressive and independent-minded player on the talent-laden...
View ArticleNew club in South Loop is labor of love for musician
He has spent most of his adult life in the demanding and financially precarious world of music. Despite that, John Devens remains a sane man, and so it came as a mild shock to learn that he has decided...
View ArticlePaper Bird Plays BAR New Haven on Sept. 19
Rootsy, indie-folk band Paper Bird brings its expansive ranks to New Haven's BAR on Wed., Sept. 19. The septet, which includes vocals, banjo, guitar, bass, trumpet and drums, creates such a wide range...
View ArticleTony Barrand and Keith Murphy Perform at Branford Folk Coffeehouse on Sept. 8
This weekend, Branford Folk Music Society kicks off its 39th season with a performance by Tony Barrand and Keith Murphy. The duo will perform their songs from On the Banks of the Coldbrook: Atwood...
View ArticleGrammy, Pulitzer winners, TV star among highlights of upcoming Zoellner season
If you missed Rita Rudner's "Tickled Pink" or the folk music concert "Lonesome Traveler" at the Laguna Playhouse last season, you can catch a glimpse of them over the next two weeks. Rudner, the...
View ArticleWhen does Joe Segal get his Jazz Masters award?
Until three weeks ago, no jazz club owner ever had been selected to receive the country's pre-eminent jazz honor: the National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Masters Fellowship, which carries with it...
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