I’ve been running the website for folk and world music booking agency Folklore Productions for some time now. When they joined forces with another agency last year, their roster became way too large to maintain using a hand-coded site based … Continue reading →
A Twitter comment today prompted me to see if I could dig up these photos for Go Johnny Go (a.k.a. John Kass): “I’ve wanted to post this for a very long time. Drew Miller, the man who makes computer dreams … Continue reading →
Last week I was invited to give a guest lecture for a music class at Carleton College on the American folk revival. Personally, I’m much more interested in English and European folk music, and much less so in singer/songwriters. As … Continue reading →
I go way back with Madison’s The Reptile Palace Orchestra, beginning with a concert Boiled In Lead did with them sometime in the 1990s. From their beginnings as an acoustic international folkdance band, they’ve developed a unique sound that they … Continue reading →
I have been working with Kari Tauring for a few years now; playing music together (voices, stick percussion, bass, dulcimer, laptop) and various tech projects. About five years ago, she began making pieces (a book and iOS app) based in … Continue reading →
Tomorrow is the Minnesota Record Show at the VFW Hall on Lyndale Avenue in South Minneapolis. For the past couple years, I’ve been dragging myself out of bed way too early, filling the car with records, and hanging out all … Continue reading →