November 9, 1915-March 28, 2015 If you have ever played or heard “John Short’s Tune,” a lively polka, then you have met my father, Erwin A. Thompson. He passed the… Read More →
Main Content
Latest Issue
Volume 15, Number 1
Features
Reviews
- Tell It to Me: Revisiting the Johnson City Sessions
- Fiddle Noir: African American Fiddlers on Early Phonograph Recordings, 1925-1949
- Things Left Behind, by Thornton Spencer
- Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves (self-titled)
- Mike Bryant and Paul Brown (self-titled)
- Defiantly Joyous, by the True and Trembling String Band
- Tom Mindte & Mason Via (self-titled)
- Cinnamon Tree, by Nora Brown
- Holy Smoke! by Rafe Stefanini and David Bragger
- The Fries Session
- Old World Music of the Southern Appalachians, by Hog Eyed Man
- La Coppia Sciascia: Italian Folk Songs from Abruzzo, 1927-1930 by Pasquale and Chiarina Sciascia
- Pictures from Life’s Other Side: The Man and His Music in Rare Photos and Recordings, by Hank Williams
- Speed Bumps on a Dirt Road: When Old Time Music Met Bluegrass, by John Cohen
Here & There
Y’all Come: The Ballad of Big Jim Folsom
In March of 1962, a new political season was gearing up in Alabama, and so-called “hillbilly” music was everywhere. “It has gotten so you can’t run for governor in Alabama,”… Read More →
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Young Old-Time Musicians of North Carolina
The North Carolina Arts Council has recently completed work on its Millennial Traditional Artists Directory, an effort to promote the work of young traditional artists in North Carolina. The project… Read More →
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Attic #21: Fiddle and Guitar
One of the popular, recurring topics of discussion, debate, disagreement, and disputation among fans of old-time music is the question of when guitars began to be used as accompanying instruments… Read More →
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