No Root, No Fruit is an excellent podcast created by folk radio host and musician Matt Watroba. Each episode profiles a classic folk music album and features an interview with someone who was deeply influenced by the album. Matt…

I'm excited to announce a new class starting in April. I am a huge fan of The Carter Family, who recorded dozens of classic songs that are still part of the folk, country, and bluegrass canon. Mother Maybelle Carter pioneered…

This weekend my friend Aileen Vance organized a Facebook virtual concert in tribute to the incomparable Malvina Reynolds. Probably most known for the songs "Little Boxes" and "A Little Drop of Rain," she was a prolific, insightful, audacious, powerful,…

Yesterday was Pete Seeger's Birthday, and I was asked to participate in a "Virtual Sing-Out For Pete's Sake." It was a nice way of connecting with others, during this time of physical distancing, through the shared respect and admiration for…