Sometimes it's okay to let life take you away...
Check out our new video for Paddy Lay Back! Then give the complete Pieces of Eight a listen, and why not stop by the Po8 Listening Party over on Bandcamp this evening!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVhods7zeko
https://found.ee/thelongestjohns_piecesofeight
#AlternateFridayMusic #FolkMusic
Theme: #Work
Mississippi John Hurt “Spike Driver Blues”
Sometimes, quitting a job is the right thing to do.
“Take this hammer and carry it to my captain.
Tell him I’m gone.
Won’t you tell him I’m gone?
This is the hammer that killed John Henry,
but it won’t kill me.
No, it won’t kill me.”
Hurt gained fame during the 60s folk boom, and his style inspired a generation of guitar players.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKKVs9bjkck
Do y'all do #MusicWomenWednesday here on the Wafrns? I feel like it's mostly a Mastodon thing, not even Bluesky, but I really don't need an excuse to talk about my favorite lady musicians…
1) Jennifer Rannells - "Distance"
I discovered & fell in love with this album (released in 2002) as a young teen back when you could still discover music on CDBaby by searching for "influences" and "sounds like" and such (the same feature I miss from MySpace!) and it's really one of my most enduring best-loved albums. I just adore the flowing, intricate piano and her lyrics are insidiously evocative and her voice is enchanting.
https://jenniferrannells.bandcamp.com/album/distance
2) "Obligatory" self-promo… 🤪 ("Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby" from O Brother Where Art Thou?)
Recorded this with the assistance of my trusty TC-Helicon VoiceLive Touch. There's only two vocal tracks; the harmonies are all generated electronically in real time as I'm singing.
(Check out my other tracks on SoundCloud, too! 💖)
https://soundcloud.com/harrie-hq/didnt-leave-nobody-but-the-baby
11 track album
Okay, and a little self-promo for #MusicWomenWednesday too... 🤪
Recorded this with the assistance of my trusty TC-Helicon VoiceLive Touch. There's only two vocal tracks; the harmonies are all generated electronically in real time as I'm singing.
(Check out my other tracks on SoundCloud, too! 💖)
#obrotherwhereartthou #soprano #vocalist #folkmusic #neotraditional #acappella
https://soundcloud.com/harrie-hq/didnt-leave-nobody-but-the-baby
Harrie is a smartass. Harrie cries a lot. Harrie thinks too much. Harrie always wants to start fights at midnight. Harrie would like to be a snail living under a mushroom. Harrie is fucking terrified.
📆 You might also like to check out Casterton 2026 where Geoff Cubitt will be calling contras and squares.
#folkdance #folkmusic #contra #dance #contradance #lancaster #lancashire #lancasteruk #livemusic
6/6
North Atlantic Fiddle Convention 2026 – “Traditions & Transformations”
📍 Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
📅 24–28 June 2026
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, NAFCo returns to Aberdeen, uniting artists, academics, and enthusiasts of fiddle music and dance traditions worldwide. Proposals are invited on histories, stylistic change, migration, innovation, and global fiddle traditions.
Deadline: 31/10/2025
This is a preview of my new anthem, "The Ballad of the Morning Star." It’s the chronicle of the very first rebellion, and the war that followed. You'll have to wait for the full song to hear how the story ends.
#AsheHawk #NewMusic #DarkFantasy #FolkMusic #Mythology #FallenAngel
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' Documentary (1984)
https://praxis.tube/videos/watch/66a99383-eaec-4e85-92ed-f9f2fb6a743a
Sophie Cavez: Behind The Style & Sophistication | Chatterbox with Mel Biggs Ep.23
In depth interview with fabulous Belgian folk accordionist Sophie Cavez
https://youtu.be/OuQy-kLCHMU
We’ve played her music many times on @accordionnoir radio going back to at least 2007
https://accordionuprising.wordpress.com/page/6/?s=Sophie+Cavez&submit=Search
#Accordion #FolkMusic #Belgium
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