Fast Folk News Today

Photo: Michael Weintrob Leftover Salmon’s Vince Herman and Railroad Earth’s Tim Carbone circle back to their “ramshackle country-rock” band for a new

OXFORD — Singer/songwriter Cliff Eberhardt and his guest Louise Mosrie Coombe will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at 6 On The Square in Oxford.

An Evening with John Gorka and Cliff Eberhardt is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Chocolate Church Performing Arts, 804 Washington St. in Bath. From New Jersey, Gorka is a world-renowned singer-songwriter who got his start at a neighborhood coffeehouse in eastern Pennsylvania. Soon he started traveling to New York City, where […]

DeMasi Brothers Coming to Music in the City Park Bandshell

The "Luka" and "Tom's Diner" hitmaker will appear in concert on April 22.

Review: Susanne Vega at the Sounbank Centre. Review by Liz Thomson

I was watching Topsy Turvy last night so you get a song from The Mikado.CastTopsy TurvyThree Little MaidsRy CooderChicken Skin MusicChloeBrilliant OrangeLast Call Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988Happy ManPennan BraePickedTo The FloorDestroyerLabyrinthitis.mp3All My Pretty DressesDevoursEscape from Planet DevoursExposureBuck Owens and the BuckaroossingleAct NaturallyEugene RipperFast Folk UndergroundWreck of the 97Herald NixFugitive KindDirty Ol TownThe Great Specked FritillaryHer Majestys S...

The folk community meets again with Suzanne Vega, Billy Bragg and a wealth of world talent. New Music festival review by Liz Thomson

Suzanne Vega is telling New York stories in her songs these days. Having moved to the city with her family at age two, New York remains the center of her axis. While attending college uptown in the late 1970s and early 1980s, she began playing the downtown folk circuit and became the first of the Fast Folk movement to record an album. A rarity at the time, her acoustic guitar-centered second album in 1987 sold more than a million copies […]

Klezmatics Grammy Award Winners Lisa Gutkin and Matt Darriau Presented by Bethel Jazz on May 12 at La Zingara Written by Bethel Jazz A Klezmer gathering featuring Christina Crowder, Ilya Shneyveys, David Licht (the original drummer for the Klezmatics), and surprise guests Safe Social Distancing Seating With Very Limited Ticket Availability. Tickets Are Sold By The Table ONLY. Tables seating 2 - 4 guests, with tables for 6 -8 available upon request. See The Attached Seating Chart. Fiv...