Folk Music

Gordon Lightfoot

The Grove of Anaheim

Al Stewart

Coach House

Haymarket Squares

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Woody Guthrie: Songs and Stories of America's Greatest Folksinger to be Celebrated in Fullerton

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was born on July 14, 1912 in the small town of Okemah, Oklahoma. Over the decades of his life, "Woody" as he would become popularly known, came to author an enormous catalog of folk songs that have withstood the test of time before falling ill and dying of Huntington's disease ... More >>

Tully James Wilkinson

Copper Door

Lonesome Traveler

Laguna Playhouse

New Documetary Film Inspired by Woody Guthrie's Forgotten Christmas Song

pbs.org​Sixty years ago, folk balladeer Woody Guthrie penned "1913 Massacre," a solemn song about a Christmas Eve tragedy in Michigan. The recording, much like the labor history behind it, is not as well known as it deserves to be. Hoping to bring both to greater attention, filmmakers inspired by ... More >>

Murder Ballads are Back, and More Sinister Than Ever

​Last October, Daiana Feuer of the New L.A Folk Festival put together a unique Halloween event at the Echoplex to celebrate the "dark side of folk." Murder Ballads was a monstro event, with 14 acts each putting their spin on death via the legends of Jesse James, Pretty Boy Floyd, John Henry, Wil ... More >>

100 Monkeys

House of Blues

Olin & the Moon

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Kris Gruen

Gypsy Den

Pickin' With the Knitters

Drummer DJ Bonebrake on how this X/the Blasters side project made it cool for punk rockers to like country

Five Songs for Earth Day

​ Today marks the forty-first anniversary of Earth Day. As the brainchild of Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, the observation first held in the United States on April 22nd, 1970 was conceived as a 'teach-in' meant to inspire awareness and action on issues critical to the health of the enviro ... More >>

R.I.P. Suze Rotolo, Bob Dylan's Ex-Girlfriend and '60s Muse

​Speaking of Bob Dylan...Rolling Stone reported that Suze Rotolo, Bob Dylan's girlfriend in the early-1960s (that's her on the cover of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan), died Feb. 24 after a long illness. She was 67. According to the magazine, Rotolo inspired many of Dylan's early love songs, including ... More >>

X's Exene Cervenka: Beyond X-Mas

Ali Smith​​Today's Weekly features an interview with X singer-songwriter Exene Cervenka in advance of Friday night's KROQ Presents X-Mas With X at the Anaheim House of Blues, where a 25th anniversary screening of W.T. Morgan's excellent "rockumentary" X: The Unheard Music will be followed by a l ... More >>

Monsters of Folk: The New Los Angeles Folk Festival

​Daiana Feuer, who writes for LA Record (and Heard Mentality), put up the New Los Angeles Folk Festival this summer. (If you recall, Yellow Red Sparks was a featured performer.) This month, the festival is hosting a night of murder ballads at the Echoplex on Oct. 26. Feuer talks about the orig ... More >>

Sea Wolf's Affable Indie Folk

Not being a buzz band does have its benefits

Are Folk-Rock Trio Elizabeth & the Catapult Really Straight Shooters?

Americana Family Festival

Bowers Museum

Tree Huggers Ball

Cornerstone

Beyond the Beanstalk

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art

Free Crap That Came In The Mail: Epic Overuse of the Word 'Epic'

People are saying "epic" a lot these days. Way too much. And not just in reference to the Faith No More song or ancient longform poems like Beowulf, for pretty much anything. A sandwich can be epic, or an episode of "The New Adventures of Old Christine." It's a real problem, one that probably start ... More >>

Michael Ubaldini: A rugged outlaw who likes to folk

In my book, the modern folk artist falls into one of three categories. First, you have the weepy, self-deprecating Conor Oberst types, followed by the ultra-groovy, "look at me I play a million instruments because I'm so talented" hippies. And then you've always got the straight ahead rocker whose f ... More >>

Musical Advent Calendar: Bob Dylan, 'The Night Before Christmas'

Continuing our mini-theme this weekend of iconic singer/songwriters, let's turn to Bob Dylan. To his credit, he hasn't released any cheesy Christmas tunes in his near 50-year career, though the holiday comes up in tunes like "Arthur McBride" and both Christmas and Santa are mentioned in "Last Though ... More >>

LowBallVideoChatter: The Band, "Don't Do It"

The Time: Thanksgiving, 1976.   The Place: Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco.   The Occasion: The final concert by the original lineup of the Band, with a jaw-dropping number of guests (Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Dr. John, ... More >>

Mason Conspiracy

Mason Jennings

Last Night: She & Him, Lavender Diamond at the House of Blues

(photo by Christopher Victorio) Last Night: She & Him, Lavender Diamond at the House of Blues, Anaheim, Nov. 5, 2008. Better Than: "The Happening," this summer's M. Night Shyamalan flick that co-starred Zooey Deschanel. But really, what isn't? Download: The eminently likable "Why Do You Let Me S ... More >>

Troubadour of Perception

Folk-rock icon Donovan's music continues to raise consciousness

Do Look Back

WEB EXCLUSIVE! Reviewing the musical-biopic bonanza of 2007

One of Us Must Know

The elusive Bob Dylan, masterfully considered, in I’m Not There

Hurrah for Jara

Los Abandonded's Pilar Diaz pays tribute to a revolutionary Chilean icon

Sitting There On the Group W Bench

The Guthrie Family Legacy Tour

Surnames Gone Wild

Albert & Gage

Emeralds

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

Hits!

Pier Records

CD Review

Various Artists, The Harry Smith Project Double CD/DVD set (Shout! Factory)

Supplementary Discography

Bands the Cold War Kids never heard but could have: loose songs by righteous outsiders with scuffy guitars

This Week in Red Hot Rockers

Ann Lynn

Get Sick, Get Well. Hang Around an Inkwell

Dylans Volume 1 saves the best for Volume 2

Bob Dylan Comes to Town

Hell help you party it down

Protest Punks Not Dead!

Against Me! throw bricks in Seattle

Letters

There is Nothing New but Dylan

Buddy Seigal talks with Dave Alvin about God

Wronging Our Writes

We Want You Seed!

Uncle Jims summer activity guide

Yakkity Yak

Ramblin Jack talks back

Who Murdered Music?

A Buddy Seigal music manifesto

When He Was Just a Little Rolling Stone

Early Dylan documents the creation of modern rock

When He Was Just a Little Rolling Stone

Early Dylan documents the creation of modern rock

The Peoples Republic of Barclay!

For one night only, when Arlo Guthrie presides