Monthly Archives: April 2024

“Sardine Song” – Old Man Luedecke (2019)

Posted on April 20, 2024 by Richard Barry

Old Man Luedecke, also known as Christopher “Chris” Rudolph Leudecke, is an award-winning, banjo and guitar playing, singer-songwriter from Chester, Nova Scotia. He began releasing albums in 2002 and now has a total of nine, with a tenth, She Told … Continue reading →

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“Get Off the Track” – Originally performed by the Hutchinson Family Singers (1844)

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Richard Barry

I’m currently working through Charles Hamm’s wonderful Yesterdays: Popular Song in America, which details popular music in U.S. from the earliest days through the 1960s. Though the book is full of fascinating material, I was struck by a chapter on … Continue reading →

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Canadian Folk Music Awards – 2024

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Richard Barry

I was in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador for the annual Canadian Folk Music Awards, which took place over two night, Saturday and Sunday, May 7th and 8th. I’ll be writing about it at Roots Music Canada in a day … Continue reading →

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“Love is Pleasing” – Karan Casey (2008)

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Richard Barry

This one is in Alan Lomax’s famous Folk Songs of North America. As he notes, many traditional songs popularized by American singers ran “west across the ocean.” Thus in the 1940s Jean Ritchie, the Kentucky folk singer, met an Irish … Continue reading →

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