Folk and Folk-Rock

Bob Dylan still good

Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Posted by on 4 July 2009 - 8:57pm.

Seven (plus one) for Summer

The Cedar Lounge Revolution (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

I’ve done this before last Summer and the thought struck me that it would be fun to do it again. So here it is. Seven tracks that are providing me with a musical accompaniment to the Summer. They’re not exactly comprehensive, by which I mean some of them stand in for other tracks. So, for [...]

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icWales (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

LAST year it was people moaning because Jay-Z was headlining Glastonbury and things had got a bit too hip-hop.

The Bad News and the Good

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Roger Simon: I don’t think I’ve ever seen my country so divided and depressed on the Fourth of July in my lifetime and - no matter what Bob Dylan dreamed up - I’m not young, forever or otherwise. That includes...

• Storm Clouds on the Fourth of July - Roger L. Simon
• ROGER SIMON: Storm Clouds On The Fourth of July. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen my country so d… - Instapundit.com
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American Music for my Brethren South of the Border

Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Happy Independence Day to my American friends and readers. Here are all the American songs in my MP3 collection. American Jesus - Bad Religion Look Inside America - Blur American Skin (41 Shots) - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band American Dream - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Young Americans - David Bowie Real American - Derringer American Pie - Don McLean The New American Way - Dropkick...

The House I Live In- The Star Spangled Banner: Keely Smith

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Happy Birthday America: Paul Evans

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American Tune: Paul Simon

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Yankee Doodle Boy: Bing Crosby

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"8 or 80" by Sierra Hurtt (Rock Artist from Pennsylvania(PA))

England Music Scene - Radioindy.com (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

Songwriter/vocalist Sierra Hurtt's debut album, "8 or 80," is comprised of crisp and refreshing contemporary pop/rock while highly flavorful with folk attitude. Hurtt, who is no stranger to the music scene, charts her own course into the music industry with a voice that is strong and emotive, and emits qualities of deep, rooted, soulful distinctions. Peaceful and serene comes to mind when...

Farewell, Chicago: A Playlist This is our...

The Dude Abides (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Farewell, Chicago: A Playlist This is our last weekend in Chicago before we pack up the wagons and head west for the promised land of Laguna Beach, California. We're having folks over for a Fourth of July cook out tonite (please, please don't rain!), and we made a goodbye mix for the occasion. It's been 21 years (GG) and 40 years (Crime Boy) in the City of Big Shoulders (and environs), so you'll forgive...

Happy Independence Day: Keep on Rockin' In The Free World

Thrasher's Wheat (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

"May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country! "

Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

The day is perfect. I've been busy all morning. Something about getting up early and being greeted by the sun gives me lots of energy. For a while I was out on the deck enjoying the morning but decided to drag myself in to write Coffee. Here, from my den window. I can see the sun glinting through the leaves of the oak tree. The leaves almost seem to shine. A cooling breeze is blowing. Today is a gift....

Even al Jazeera criticizes Obama’s tepid support for Iranian democracy

I Hate The Media (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

You know there’s a problem when al Jazeera runs an opinion piece that criticizes President Obama’s weak-kneed support for Iranian democracy. Related posts: Even Egyptian dictatorship shows more support for Iranian democracy than Obama does Obama administration poised for forceful confrontation. Problem is, it’s with Americans. Bob Dylan’s tepid Obama endorsement could be a hot...

The Austrian Civil War Continues

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Pete Boettke asks “My real question is why are so-called "Austrian" readers so slow to pick up on what journalists for the Boston Globe are so easily able to pick up?” He is referring to Pete Leeson’s economics of pirates...