Posts under ‘Music’

House concerts are a growing movement across this country and I am lucky to have good friends here in South Florida who host a series of concerts during the cooler months in their beautifully restored 1916 house. Great acoustics, great performers, and great food! The kickoff concert tonight was a return appearance by Ruth Wyand. [...]

Zydeco and Obama? Great combination!!

Older, wiser, and she still has that gorgeous voice!

While protesting the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, I had the great good fortune to meet Joan Baez. With her extraordinary voice, she inspired a generation of social activists. My favorite song by her is “Joe Hill“, the story of an IWW activist who was executed by a firing squad after being found guilty [...]

I’m not terribly knowledgeable about folk music, but I think the best folk music speaks truth to power and I don’t know many folk musicians who have done it better than Utah Phillips. I stumbled across him in a response to a post on the Common Dreams site and started searching for more information about [...]

When I posted the YouTube link to “Unchained Melody”, I mentioned the song “Purple People Eater”, by Sheb Wooley. Can you believe that it is also on YouTube?? It is such a ridiculous song that it brings a smile to my face: I hope it brings a smile to your face, too! And, since Alaska [...]

I’m of that certain age to reminisce about bygone days when times were not as complex as they are today. Everyone has favorite songs from their childhood and I have many. From the wacky (Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley, Ahab the Arab by Ray Stevens, They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! by Napoleon [...]