And it’s going to be an Ottawa Valley fiddle tune by the late great Ward Allen, called Back up and Push. I hope you’ve enjoyed some of the music I’ve posted here at 27th Street this year as much as I’ve enjoyed sharing my interest… Read More
I started playing a tune called Sally in the Garden on banjo today. It’s a lovely melancholy melody. When I first start playing a tune I like to listen to a bunch of different versions to see what various players have done with it. Here’s… Read More
Let’s listen to Jesse Lone Cat Fuller and his Fotdella…John Henry, Red River Blues, and San Francisco Bay Blues Do you have a fave one-man band?
I’ve been familiar with the tune Breakin’ up Christmas for some time. It’s a common Old Time dance tune that gets played any time of the year. I read that the tradition of Breakin’ up Christmas is all about neighbours visiting neighbours in the two… Read More
Today I’d like to feature a tune by one of Canada’s great fiddle players, the late Graham Townsend. Mr. Townsend was an Ottawa Valley Boy, from Buckingham Quebec. He got an early start as a fiddler and was winning competitions even as a young boy.… Read More
She never spoke Spanish to me, by Butch Hancock. Mr. Hancock was part of a band with Joe Ely who introduces this clip – called the Flatlanders. I first heard this tune as performed by Doug Sahm and The Texas Tornadoes That’s Flaco Jimenez squeezing… Read More
I was driving across Canada, I don’t remember what year it was. It was one of those trips where you slow down to 130 km/hr to change a tire, and it didn’t seem to matter what radio station I tuned to, I heard Ian Tyson… Read More
Sunday morning in an ice storm…let’s start things off on the right foot with a Canadian Old Time polka….Here’s Frankie Rodgers performing the Prairie Polka.
Here are the Go-Devils performing Old Joe Clark
Your Daily Dose of Bluegrass-Hiphop, whatever that is, Featuring Gangstagrass
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