Roots Music

by / on February 2, 2012 at 11:52 am / in Blues, Folk, Roots Music

Thousands of legendary recordings from folklorist Alan Lomax will be available for streaming soon

Folklorist Alan Lomax spent his life making priceless recordings of some of the most important early figures in American music — from his famed recordings of Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter to Jelly Roll Morton, from Muddy Waters to Woody Guthrie.

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by / on January 21, 2012 at 12:33 pm / in Bluegrass, Blues, Roots Music

Carolina Chocolate Drops working with Buddy Miller on follow up to Grammy-winning smash

The Carolina Chocolate Drops are working with producer Buddy Miller (Emmylou Harris, Robert Plant, Patty Griffin, Solomon Burke) on a follow up to 2010’s Grammy Award–winning label-debut Genuine Negro Jig.

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by / on January 16, 2012 at 11:00 am / in Folk, Rock Music, Roots Music

The Band's Levon Helm to undergo undisclosed medical procedure, will miss at least a month of dates

Levon Helm, the Grammy-winning co-founding member of the Band, is set to undergo an undisclosed medical procedure that will keep him from performing for at least a month.

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by / on January 1, 2012 at 8:27 am / in Rock Music, Roots Music

Greg Brown – The Evening Call (2006)

This album is a musical security blanket of sorts. Actually, that’s how I feel about Greg Brown’s music in general, even the really ugly stuff. Oh yes, there is ugly stuff.

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by / on December 30, 2011 at 8:44 am / in Jazz, Pop Music, Progressive rock, Rock Music, Roots Music, Soul Music, Uncategorized, Year-end Top 10 Lists

Readers' Top 10 for 2011: Favorites included Jethro Tull, Transatlantic, Paul Motian

Time to let you have your say. We made a series of lists, checked them twice, then published our best-ofs. But what better way to end things than with the annual SER Readers’ Top 10? Here are your albums of the year

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by / on December 16, 2011 at 6:39 am / in All-Star Lists, Friday Morning Listen, Fusion Jazz, Jazz, Rock Music, Roots Music, Uncategorized, Year-end Top 10 Lists

The Friday Morning Listen: Mark Saleski's Top Albums for 2011

Here’s the way it usually works. The end of the year draws closer, and all of the music publications and websites release their “best of” lists. This is almost always followed by various rants about how the lists are “too safe,” “predictable,” or “pretentious.”

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by / on December 14, 2011 at 7:51 am / in Jazz, Rock Music, Roots Music, Uncategorized

Eagles, Herbie Hancock, Tom Petty, Levon Helm slated for 2012 New Orleans Jazz Fest

The Eagles and Tom Petty play the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for the first time, as 2012′s lineup is announced for the sprawling outdoor music event featuring rock, jazz, Americana, gospel, rhythm and blues, Cajun and zydeco.

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by / on December 13, 2011 at 8:27 am / in Roots Music

Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero – Rodrigo y Gabriela (2007)

There was a time when I was pretty consumed with, and you could make an argument that it could be considered “obsessed with,” Robert Fripp’s Guitar Craft legion

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by / on December 13, 2011 at 8:01 am / in Rhythm and Blues, Roots Music, Uncategorized

Something Else! sneak peek: Jaimoe's Jasssz Band, "Rainy Night In Georgia" (2011)

Jai “Jaimoe” Johanson, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, has constructed an interesting side project when his main group is on hiatus: A jazz-rock collective called Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band.

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by / on December 4, 2011 at 8:01 am / in Roots Music, Uncategorized

Sarah Maisel – In the Moment (2011)

Here on the new album from Sarah Maisel, we’re serenaded with interpretations from a broad scope of genres. The method in which Sarah performs these tunes is strictly that of the easy-listening mold. But what causes the songs to be different from the usual undertakings of such a style is the constant presence of a ukulele.

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