Dec 3rd, 2008 · Activist and singer Odetta has died. When you talk to some of the most famous singers in America, they'll tell you she inspired the way they sing. One moment she'd grimace like something was hurting. Then suddenly Odetta would smile. And you'd melt.
Dec 3rd, 2008 · Folk singer Odetta Holmes died yesterday in New York. The 77-year-old enjoyed a celebrated music career and was a source of inspiration for many. She was a classically-trained vocalist but is also being remembered for lending a powerful voice to the Civil Rights movement.
Dec 3rd, 2008 · Folksinging legend Odetta has died. She was 77. Her ballads and songs became, for many, the sound track to the American civil rights movement.
Nov 14th, 2008 · Seattle-based Unbunny is primarily the work of singer and songwriter Jarid del Deo. His latest album, Sensory Underload, is a compilation of previously unreleased material spanning Unbunny's 12-year career and takes a look at many of del Deo's personalities: from introspective folk musician to pop humorist.
Nov 11th, 2008 · On Life, Death, Love and Freedom, the iconic heartland rocker John Mellencamp distances himself from his musical brand and makes a turn toward rumbling folk and blues. With the help of producer T-Bone Burnett, they created a whole new textured, acoustic sound.
Nov 10th, 2008 · Alexander Tucker got his start in the early 1990s in a hardcore band called Suction. Later he played synths in a space-rock group in Detroit. These days he lives in the U.K. where he writes and records as a solo artist. Tucker recently released his third album, Portal, through the London-based ATP Recordings. It's a rich mix of styles, featuring the finger-picking folk of Tucker's guitar, along with psychedelic rock, drones, detuned guitars, and sound loops.
Nov 10th, 2008 · Sixty years ago, Moses Asch set out to record "all the sound of the world." He established Folkways Records — "the little label that could" — and in the decades that followed, recorded everything from folk singers, to jazz greats, to sounds of the natural world.
Nov 10th, 2008 · Modern Chinese music is most famous for sappy Canto-pop love songs. But on the mainland, young Chinese musicians are innovating and taking risks with ancient music forms such as throat singing. Former punk singer Ilchi is now a force in the Mongolian folk-music revival with his band Hanggai.