I love folk music from my grandparents’ time or earlier, songs about grizzly murders, the civil war, crops wiped out by the dust bowl, hobos riding rails, coal tattoos. The Anthology of American Folk Music and the KDHX show No Time To Tarry Here are my touchstones. These songs’ audio quality is poor, but they’re better than history books, exposing the hopes and fears of people living in a much-poorer America. Yet despite their age they also somehow tell you more about life today than the news. Folk music is the straight dirt.
The Coen Brothers' movie was inspired by Van Ronk's biography, The Mayor Of MacDougal Street. Worth a read! It's a more detailed account of the times than Dylan's poetic chronicles.
The Coen Brothers' movie was inspired by Van Ronk's biography, The Mayor Of MacDougal Street. Worth a read! It's a more detailed account of the times than Dylan's poetic chronicles.
I'll miss JNL too.