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For eight (8) weeks Folk Alley collected votes for the Essential Folk Songs. Each song that was submitted was considered a vote and now, finally, the results are in. This was compiled by Listeners of FolkAlley.com
I first remember hearing this song when it came out back in 1994 with the release of their debut album Sixteen Stone. I instantly fell in love with this song. Years later when I was able to get CD’s for myself I got Sixteen Stone as soon as possible.
The song reels you in [...]
I’m here to brainwash you with that damned pop(ish) music! This is Muse’s “Knights of Cydonia” from their latest album Blackholes and Revelations. And for those of you who don’t know Cydonia is a geographical location on Mars. They seem to have an affinity for outerspace.
I first heard this song when I [...]
This was a really interesting story that I heard on the radio today as I went into work.
Mark Johnson got an idea a few years ago when he heard Roger Ridley playing on the streets of Santa Monica, CA. His idea was to bring musicians together from around the world… but not physically. Instead he’d [...]
Contained within this essay is the opinionated analysis of two of the greatest contributors to music in America and Modern Jazz: Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. Both were great performers and colleagues. In the analysis an album from each artist was selected: Billie Holiday’s “Complete Decca Recordings” and Louis Armstrong’s famed “What A [...]




