Posts tagged with "WOODY GUTHRIE"
DANA COOPER Video Premiere “The Ghost of Tucumcari”
VIDEO PREMIERE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Musician: DANA COOPER
Video Premiere: “THE GHOST OF TUCUMCARI”
DANA COOPER—AMERICANA’S COOL HAND LUKE RESURRECTS THE GHOST OF TUCUMCARI
by Rodeo Marie Hanson
Tucumcari is believed to have come from the Comanche word tukamukaru, which means to lie in wait for someone or something. Dana Cooper’s visual imagery of “The Ghost of Tucumcari” takes the listener...
DON McLEAN “Winter Wonderland” Video Feature – with Web-Exclusive Interview
Don McLean covers the Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne’s 1945 composition “Let It Snow” in the way it would have been recorded at the time. A cool-jazz version, with an inviting bass line, McLean inhabits the song with Sinatra levels of crooner confidence.
DON McLEAN “Winter Wonderland” Video Feature – with Web-Exclusive Interview
Musician: DON McLEAN
Video Feature: WINTER WONDERLAND
DON McLEAN’S NEW CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
King of the Trail...
PETER MULVEY
Musician: PETER MULVEY
Video: “Don’t You Ever Change”
PETER MULVEY FEATURED AT BLUE ROCK’S COOL NIGHTS 21 THIS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2
Peter Mulvey will be featured at Blue Rock aLive! Cool Nights 21 livestreaming concert series—this Thursday, December 2.
Mulvey’s new album Love is the Only Thing will be released in early 2022 on Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records. Our featured video is from his most recent release is Live at the...
Slaid Cleaves
Musician: SLAID CLEAVES
Video: “One Good Year”
SLAID CLEAVES AT BLUE ROCK ALIVE! COOL NIGHTS 2020 THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBE 19
Slaid Cleaves will be featured at the Blue Rock aLive! Cool Nights 2020 virtual concert series this Thursday, November 19. The series is “for the songs, for the artists, for all of us.” You can buy a Season Pass for only $105—and have a seat in the house by sending in your headshot. They will place the large headshot...
VIDEO / INTERVIEW JONATHA BROOKE
VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Musician: JONATHA BROOKE
Song: “Imposter”
The acclaimed Jonatha Brooke will lead a Songwriting Retreat at Blue Rock Studioin Wimberley, Texas, June 14-16, 2019. There will be group sessions, performance opportunities and individual consultation. There are five sessions, plus song circle. All experience levels are welcome. The incredibly affordable price of $500 includes meals, and lodging is available...
Video & Web-Exclusive Interview Paula Cole
Video Feature & Web-Exclusive Interview
Musician: PAULA COLE
Video: “God Bless the Child”
Songwriters: Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.
GRAMMY WINNER PAULA COLE ON HER NEW ALBUM, BALLADS, AND HER UPCOMING TOUR
God Bless The Child – Paula Cole 2017 from AIA on Vimeo.
Grammy winner, Lilith Fair star Paula Cole re-emerges with a stunning new album
and a fresh perspective. Turning 50 in April 2018, Cole is reflective and grateful,...
Video & Web Exclusive Interview Seth Glier
Photo credit; GMD Three
VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Musician: SETH GLIER
Video: “Sunshine”
Seth Glier’s video “Sunshine” from new studio album Birds
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Seth Glier’s studio album Birds is out now. The collection of insightful and well-crafted songs includes standout tracks “Sunshine,” “Water on Fire,” and the timely socially-conscious cover “For What It’s Worth.”
To celebrate...
VIDEO + EXCLUSIVE: HONEY WEST
VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Band: HONEY WEST
Musician: TED ZURKOWSKI
Music Video: “Dementia”
Directed: Maxwell McDonald
New Video “Dementia” from Honey West, featuring Foreigner & King Crimson co-founder Ian McDonald
Honey West is what happens when a British rock giant and an acclaimed member of New York’s acting community walk into a recording studio and produce an album of original songs. Multi-instrumentalist...
SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME
SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME
43rd Annual Induction Ceremony & Awards Presentation
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
New York Marriot Marquis, Broadway at 45th Street, New York City
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FOLK FORWARD – ESSENTIAL FOLK
FOLK FORWARD – ESSENTIAL FOLK
DUST BOWL BALLADS (1940)
WOODY GUTHRIE
In a whirl of autobiography and activism, Guthrie reinvents American song. The Oklahoma native recorded this 1940 gem in two days, laying the groundwork for thousands of guitar-strumming followers. These are dusty, hard-bitten ballads that somehow gleam and soar more than 70 years after their creation.
THE FREEWHEELIN’ BOB DYLAN (1963)
BOB DYLAN
The folk bard’s...