Not getting carried away with a new Kommnick album requires considerable self-discipline. And if then also...
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folker 2022-03
Black, more german, more german
With so much talk of Hannes Wader this year, here comes a very own version of "Today here, tomorrow there" -...
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Folkländer
After almost four decades of interruption, the legendary Leipzig group Folkländer found itself last year with a new...
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Kate Rusby
No, Kate Rusby from Yorkshire is not celebrating her thirtieth birthday, although that would be visually possible. Occasion for...
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Mary Gauthier
Mary Gauthier has worked hard to achieve what fellow artists from well-heeled artistic families like Rosanne Cash or Lucinda Williams in...
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The secret language of the blues
"Moonshine" actually means a moonshine whiskey, a "bourgeois town" refers to a racist town, and the...
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Hobo
Hobos are relics of a past when job seekers traveled after work and, because they had no money for...
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Out for the Kate Wolf Music Festival
Read this article in English translation It was considered one of the most popular folk events in the US. For the 25th anniversary...
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Somi
Folk musicians in particular often benefit from a deep connection to place when telling their stories....
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Flor de Toloache
The best way to break into the male domain of Mexican music as a female musician is probably to do everything differently right away....
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Schandmaul
folker presents: Folkrock is alive: Schandmaul combine acoustic instruments like hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes with hard rocking...
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The Holy Grail of the folk revival
In 2019, I attended a concert in Chicago by young, talented Americana musician Trapper Schoepp. In conversation at the...
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