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METRO | The unforgettable voice of John Clay
John Clay, whose unique musical vision reflected a vicious honesty tempered only by his darkly innocent sense of humor, is dead at 74. By Dan and Christy Foster | The Rag Blog | January 14, 2015 AUSTIN — Austin lost its most … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, Austin Music, Counterculture, Dan and Christy Foster, Deaths, Folk Music, Folksingers, Janis Joplin, John Clay, Leo Sullivan, Lost Austin Band, Metro, Powell St. John, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, Sixties, Songwriters, Texas Ghetto, UT-Austin, Waller Creek Boys
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My relationship with Rod Kennedy in four acts
Kerrville was a great vision that all of us involved in Texas music shared, but — ironically — one that only someone of Rod’s unique talents as an impresario could actualize. By Bobby Bridger | The Rag Blog | April … Continue reading
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Pete Seeger: A life that enriched ‘you and me’
The world has been diminished by his passing, just as it was enriched by his life. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | February 4, 2014 Several weeks ago, I began writing a column I intended to publish … Continue reading
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Tagged American Musicians, Deaths, Folk Music, Folksingers, Lamar W. Hankins, Obituary, Peace Activists, Pete Seeger, Rag Bloggers, Woody Guthrie
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Progressives need to remember that history is complicated
In the words of Pete Seeger, “Though it’s darkest before the dawn, These thoughts keep us moving on…” By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | January 28, 2014 [This essay by Harry Targ first appeared at The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Arlo Guthrie, Folk Music, Harry Targ, New Left, Pete Seeger, Progressive Movement, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Social Change
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Ron Jacobs : ‘Another Self Portrait’ of Bob Dylan
Another Self Portrait: Dylan’s take revisited Dylan’s voice here is the voice of an earnest troubadour. There is little of the smoky raspiness present in his mid-sixties material or the world-weary gruffness of Dylan’s current persona. By Ron Jacobs | … Continue reading
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Tagged Another Self Portrait, Bob Dylan, Folk Music, Music, Rag Bloggers, Recordings, Rock and Roll, Ron Jacobs, Self Portrait
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MUSIC / John Wilson : Houston Folk Legend Don Sanders is ‘Heavy Word User’
Singer-songwriter and storyteller: Don Sanders is still a ‘Heavy Word User’ By John Wilson / The Rag Blog / September 14, 2011 Houston folk legend and children’s entertainer Don Sanders will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, Sept. … Continue reading
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Tagged Don Sanders, Folk Music, Houston Music Scene, John Wilson, Music History, Singer-Songwriters
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Harry Targ : Sometimes We Have to Sing
The banks are made of marble: Sometimes we have to sing By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / August 10, 2011 Fred was dating a young woman who gave him the two Weavers Carnegie Hall albums for Chanukah in … Continue reading
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Tagged Folk Music, Harry Targ, Pete Seeger, The Weavers, Woody Guthrie
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Lamar W. Hankins : Remembering Woody Guthrie in the Age of Obama
Woody Guthrie in 1943. Photo by Al Aumuller / New York World-Telegram and the Sun / Wikimedia Commons.Remembering Woody Guthriein the age of Obama By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / July 19, 2011 Woody Guthrie, the songwriter, … Continue reading
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Tagged Folk Music, Lamar W. Hankins, Music History, Obama Inauguration, Populism, Woody Guthrie
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Bob Feldman : A People’s Folk Music History
Folksinger/activist Phil Ochs. Image from Child of the Sixties.A people’s folk musicHistory of the United States By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / July 27, 2010 If you’re a Rag Blog reader who’s into either urban protest folk music … Continue reading
Songbird Kate McGarrigle : Heart Like a Wheel
Kate McGarrigle. Photo from BeatCrave courtesy McGarrigles.comKate McGarrigle:The fading art of singing together “Some say the heart is just like a wheel, once you bend it, you just can’t mend it…” By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Carl R. Hultberg, Deaths, Entertainers, Folk Music, Kate McGarrigle, Music, Musicians, People, Singers, Songwriters
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Harry Targ : Season for Hope, Season for Struggle
‘I swear it’s not too late’Turn! Turn! Turn!By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2009 Turn, Turn, Turn (chorus) To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)And a time for every purpose, under Heaven … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Chanukah, Folk Music, Harry Targ, Lyrics, Peace Movement, Scripture, Social Change
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Liam Clancy : Putting the Irish in Folk
>Above, Liam Clancey. Below, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem:Irish music and the American folk scene By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / December 17, 2009 In the beginning it was William Clancy, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Carl R. Hultberg, Culture, Deaths, Folk Music, Irish Music, Irish Republican Army, Music, Music History, Musicians
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