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Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 9d

Next up: host @larryodean.bsky.social welcomes guests @dolphchaney.bsky.social and Despina Pafralides to the @montrosesaloon.bsky.social stage! Hope to see you there.

Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 5h

3 songs and 3 albums to check out this weekend

3 songs and 3 albums to check out this weekend

Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 7h

‘I’m Poking Roadkill With a Stick. Making It Twitch.’

Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman broke up. A month later, she writes in this personal essay, she had to record a love song for him.

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Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 7h

A conversation with David Gilmour : All Songs Considered

The Pink Floyd guitarist and singer talks about the 50th anniversary of Wish You Were Here, a new live album and concert film for his latest solo release Luck And Strange, and more.Weekly Reset: Rowin...

Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 7h

Laufey was an 'odd fish' in native Iceland. Now she's a jazz-pop star

The Grammy Award-winning singer and musician had rigorous classical training. Now she's making music that crosses genres: "I've been inspired by Golden Age films, the va-va-voom of it all," she says.

Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 7h

In an age of streaming excess, cult rappers master the mini-album

Three new hip-hop releases show a way forward for mid-level artists: albums the length of a network sitcom, and committing to the audience you already have.

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P.M.Bryant @pmbryant.com · 1d

Ida Lupino songwriting in 1943, while husband Louis Hayward was with the Marines.

“Ida is still putting out songs as regularly as most people put out the cat. She has composed many of them for the RAF in Canada to use in their camp shows, and a special song dedicated to Hayward.”

Photo published i Screenland, Feb. 1943. Lupino seated at upright piano, hair up, hands on keyboard, pencil in her teeth, sheets of music in front of her. Photo of her recently deceased father Stanley is on top of the piano.

Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 18h

Chicago high school students preserve mariachi music, tradition

Benito Juarez High School in Pilsen is the only Chicago Public School that offers Mariachi as a class. Since 1994, the school has been building the next generation of Mariachi stars.

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Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 1d

Celebrating the singular artistic vision of Cate Le Bon.

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Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 2d

Dolly Parton Shares Video Confirming Sister A Shit-Stirring Bitch

BRENTWOOD, TN—Taking to Instagram to address recent concerns from her fans, country music icon Dolly Parton shared a video Thursday in which she confirmed her sister is a shit-stirring bitch. “Hey y’a...

Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 2d

Living in the Shadow of Your Father’s Iconic Song

From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 4:47 PM Subject: Re: Two quick “I Fought the Law” questions Hi Randal, Thank you for your interest in “I Fought the Law.” To answer your qu…

Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 2d

A Night at Max’s Kansas City: Seeing and Being Seen in the 1970s NYC Art World

There were two choices for dinner at Max’s Kansas City: lobster or steak. I always ordered steak. My boyfriend favored lobster. He never paid the tab. After a year or so he gave the owner a sculptu…

Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 3d

What Really Matters is What You Like: "High Fidelity" at 25 | Features | Roger Ebert

On an excellent Chicago movie and how it holds up 25 years after its release.

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Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 3d

Running for Cover(s): A Look at the Grammys’ Newest Category

For the first time in 50 years, the Grammys are honoring outstanding album art.

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Larry O. Dean @larryodean.bsky.social · 4d

Nation Schedules Recurring Monthly Benefit Concert To Streamline Tragedy Response Process

WASHINGTON—In an effort to bypass the logistical challenges of arranging an entirely new event each time, the nation announced Wednesday that it would be streamlining its tragedy response process by h...

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Larry O. Dean @larryodean.bsky.social · 4d

Patti Smith Horses Review: An eternal masterpiece

Punk poet’s landmark 1975 debut celebrates half a century with an expanded anniversary edition. Read MOJO's review and the track listing in full.

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Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 4d

Slipknot Travels To India To Begin Psychedelic, Free-Love Phase Of Career

RISHIKESH, INDIA—In an effort to break down creative barriers and open their minds to new types of spirituality, members of the heavy metal band Slipknot reportedly traveled to India this week to begi...

Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 4d

Taylor Swift Fans Furious as She's Caught Using Sloppy AI in Video for New Album

Hot off the heels of the release of her new album, pop star Taylor Swift has been accused of using AI slop to promote the record.

Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 4d

Anthropic Must Face Claims Over Users’ Song-Lyric Infringement

Anthropic PBC failed to escape claims from music publishers that the AI developer knew its users were infringing copyrighted song lyrics through its flagship AI model, Claude.

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Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 5d

Help restore 1980s rock documentary Athens, GA: Inside/Out

Help restore 1980s rock documentary Athens, GA: Inside/Out

Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 5d

Tori Amos will take on the "non accidental burning down of democracy" on newly announced album

Tori Amos will take on the "non accidental burning down of democracy" on newly announced album

Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 5d

How creators used AI to make Charlie Kirk ‘tribute’ songs

AI-generated “tribute songs” for Charlie Kirk, falsely attributed to musicians like Adele and Ed Sheeran, gained millions of views. "Most people don't realize how far AI-generated content has come,” a...

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Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 6d

Bob Dylan Goes Punk on Late Night with David Letterman, Playing “Jokerman” with the Latino Punk Band, the Plugz (1984)

Listen to Bob Dylan's studio albums all you like; you don't know his music until you hear the live versions. That, at least, is the conclusion at which I've arrived after spending the better part of t...

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Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 6d

Cleveland State University abruptly ends student-run WCSB radio, replaces with jazz run by Ideastream

Cleveland State University's student-run alternative radio station WCSB was abruptly shut down Friday and replaced with a jazz station operated by Ideastream Public Media.

www.news5cleveland.com

Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 6d

1990s Band or Offhand Comment from My Tween About My Outfit?

1. Pearl Jam1 2. Old Lady Curtains2 3. Blind Melon3 4. Alice in Chains4 5. Judge Judy in a Bathrobe5 6. Garbage6 7. Smashing Pumpkins7 8. Toad the ...

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Folk You! @folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 7d

Colin Blunstone on the value of The Zombies' 'Odessey and Oracle' album, and its latest mono reissue

Blunstone talks about the ongoing influence of The Zombies' masterpiece album.

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