Accompanied interchangeably with banjo or acoustic guitar, her eclectic influences span decades, finding inspiration in
old-time music, alternative rock, folk, country and blues.
Years ago, I'd fallen hard for the
old-time music of this region.
The Musician of the Year nominee brings his own versions of
old-time music, blues, Dylan as well as original material to the South Yorkshire stage.
But even when he was young he was suspicious of "youth culture." In 1967, while his audience plunged into Vietnam protests and psychedelia, Dylan returned to his original inspiration, "the old weird America"--a term coined by critic Greil Marcus for the pre-pop-culture world of medicine shows, hobos, and
old-time music. With the musicians who became The Band, Dylan hunkered down in a rented house in upstate New York and cut a collection of songs that were raw, timeless, and, yes, weird.
Hillary took up the fiddle a few years later and developed a passion for
Old-Time music. Naturally, she learned the Old-Time dance style too.
His passion was
old-time music and television shows.Funeral services will be held Wed.
MJ: You moved there to be closer to the
old-time music scene?
One of the performers who helped me transition into listening to
old-time music was Lead Belly.
Afternoons will see me listening to some
old-time music and radio talk shows and watching television for the news.
The lean, elegant, soulful playing of Buddy Thomas on the resulting Rounder album, Kitty Puss: Old-Time Fiddle Music from Kentucky, impressed the
old-time music community at large; but Buddy himself died of a heart attack at the age of thirty-nine, soon after recording the album in 1974.
During their prime, from 1958 to 1979, they were the best-known of a small number of groups performing Appalachian string band music ("hillbilly" or
old-time music if you will) in the traditional style.
The three piece are renowned for taking exuberant delight in salacious songwriting with all the joy and humour of
old-time music, playing 1920s and 30s style Tin Pan Alley/ragtime music in a spirit of Mae West and Fanny Brice.
Mike's role as mentor, friend, teacher, and source of inspiration to countless members of the
old-time music community was abundantly evident.
Any fans of
old-time music or Canadian music history will find DON MESSER a fine survey, examining a family man and Calvinist and who was also a musical prodigy who built a wide audience with his TV show Don Messer's Jubilee.
When they started the group, the band members listened to a lot of early country music,
old-time music from the '20s and '30s, and early honky tonk.
