old-time music

Old Crow Medicine Show Sing on Through Total Devastation

Old Crow Medicine Show Sing on Through Total Devastation

Social unrest, a global pandemic, and an industry that has forever been changed? No problem. Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor stares down the future.

Jake Blount Offers Folksy Grit to Old-Time Tune “Boll Weevil” (premiere)

Jake Blount Offers Folksy Grit to Old-Time Tune “Boll Weevil” (premiere)

Ahead of his new album, Spider Tales, Tui's Jake Blount presents a searing, fiddle-centric interpretation of the traditional roots song, "Boll Weevil".

Tui Brings Black String Band Music to the Forefront with “Old Aunt Jessie Get Up in the Cool” (premiere)

Tui Brings Black String Band Music to the Forefront with “Old Aunt Jessie Get Up in the Cool” (premiere)

Reviving the work of Teodar "Teolee" Jackson, Tui's Jake Blount and Libby Weitnauer bring an old folk song back to light.

Rhiannon Giddens Understands That ‘there is no Other’

Rhiannon Giddens Understands That ‘there is no Other’

MacArthur genius grant winner Rhiannon Giddens' new album, there is no Other, invites us to do more than share our misery. It asks us to see ourselves as part of something bigger.

Various Artists: Waxing the Gospel – Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph 1890-1900

Various Artists: Waxing the Gospel – Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph 1890-1900

A masterpiece of scholarship and curatorship, this collection sets a new standard for the presentation of early recordings.
Various Artists: Legends of Old-Time Music: Fifty Years of County Records

Various Artists: Legends of Old-Time Music: Fifty Years of County Records

Legends of Old-Time Music is an absolutely definitive anthology of traditional American folk.

Spending Time with ‘Les Blank: Always for Pleasure’

Spending Time with ‘Les Blank: Always for Pleasure’

Les Blank's intimate documentaries are staged when time slows and music, food, and community come together.
Noam Pikelny: Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe

Noam Pikelny: Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe

In a world full of artists jumping on the roots music bandwagon, this is about as honest and heartfelt as it gets.

Past Present Future: An Interview with the Carolina Chocolate Drops