Folk & Bluegrass Artist Interviews & Features

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Columns

Frank Hamilton – Part II – The True Meaning of Folk Music

A one-hour video

By Art Podell

February 28, 2023/by Art Podell

60 years later: The first Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contestants.

By Roland Sturm

February 12, 2023/by Roland Sturm

Wild and Crazy Times with Banjo Maestro Bill Evans

2022 Steve Martin Banjo Prize Winner

By David Bragger

December 21, 2022/by David Bragger

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Articles

Folk Alliance International Conference 2023

The Largest Gathering of Guitars in the World?

by Ron Cooke

Everything’s Riding on This

Everything’s riding on this.
—David Crosby

By Jeff Berkley (San Diego Troubadour)

Artists in Action

Changing the World One Song at a Time

By Ron Cooke

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Interviews

Interview with Moira Smiley

FolkWorks Interview with Moira Smiley by Monika White April, 2022

Interview with Evie Ladin

FolkWorks Interview with Evie Ladin by Monika White February, 2022

By Monika White

Interview with Laurie Lewis

Laurie Lewis interviewed by Monika White October, 2021 (publishing delayed because of YouTube)

By Monika White

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Milestones

RIP: Séamus Begley

(August 26, 1949 - January 9th 2023)

RIP: Vivian Williams

(May 27, 1938 - January 6, 2023)

By Richard F. Thompson (Bluegrass Today)

RIP: Ed Henry

(September 22, 1941-December 5, 2022)

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Reviews

This Bell Still Rings: My Life of Defiance and Song

By Barbara Dane

By Steve Goldfield

Songs of Slavery and Emancipation

2-CD album by Jalopy Records, and separate book by Mat Callahan with Introduction by Robin D. G. Kelly, University Press of Mississippi, 2022

By Leonard Potash

Made in Louisiana: The Story of the Acadian Accordion by Marc Savoy

By Andy Cohen

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