Folk
Rachel Sermanni on mentors Mumford & Sons
Touted as a protégé of nu-folk Brit award winners Mumford and Sons, 19 year-old unsigned singer/songwriter Rachel Sermanni has not only caught the eye of Communion records (co-founded by Mumford’s Ben Lovett) , she was also the youngest act chosen to perform in January’s BBC Celtic Connections festival. If you’re lucky enough to have seen [...]
By Enjoli Liston | Arts | Tuesday, 22 February 2011 at 8:19 am
Alan Lomax Archive lands on YouTube
For a PBS TV series folklorist Alan Lomax travelled through the south and southwest of America shooting 400 hours of footage of people performing blues and folk songs. Over the weekend a YouTube channel was launched for this material.
By Larry Ryan | Arts | Tuesday, 27 July 2010 at 10:27 am
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