Festival Highlights Year of Jazz at Carlsbad Church Twenty-two steel drums tintinnabulating in unison. A greasy blues trombone solo played by a lady manipulating the slide...
The passing of Putumayo founder and executive producer Dan Storper in May means the current batch of world music compilations are among the final ones he...
If you’ve ever wanted to witness folk music royalty up close, November 15 offers the perfect opportunity. Legendary singer-songwriters Judy Collins and Tom Rush are taking...
With pianist and longtime collaborator Joe Alterman, singer Jonathan Karrant has recorded and released Live in Concert, a selection of 14 songs from a recent performance....
Hello Troubadourians! It’s November and Thanksgiving is at the end of the month. I can’t help but think about the things for which I’m thankful. And...
A traditional Irish storyteller is known as a seanchaí. Verbal efficiency is not their goal. Rather, the Irish consider it the highest form of conversation to...
The lights at Normal Heights United Methodist Church are soft and golden, filtering through the stained glass like a quiet benediction. On stage for her album...
Whenever I go back to my hometown of Cincinnati and look up my friend, pianist Steve Schmidt, he inevitably asks me, “What’s the name of that...
SUE FOLEY, 1968- I first met Sue Foley in the early ’90s, back in Austin, Texas. I was beginning my road days with blues singer Candye...
