August 25, 2010

By Brenda Hillegas Well, we’re clearly drilling into your head the importance of the Philly folk festival – we devoted the entire issue to it! If you still aren’t convinced, meet the artists performing throughout the weekend. Trust us, what you’re about to Read More

By Alexandra Jones The Philadelphia Folk Festival has been a mainstay of the folk music scene for nearly half a century. Every year since its inception in 1962, folk fans have traveled to a spot near Schwenksville, PA to camp, celebrate folk arts, and hear the best that folk Read More

By Jessica Selby Treasa Levasseur, the humble and determined singer-songwriter from Canada, says she started making music as a baby. Her mother was a singer, and Treasa sang in church when she was younger and local bands later on. When she started driving her own car, she took Read More

By W.T. Edwards Canada’s award-winning songsmith, Tom Wilson, is back, this time as the guitarist and lead singer of LeE HARVeY OsMOND. Reincarnated from the likes of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Junkhouse, Wilson’s new band has surely tapped a previously unheard Read More

By Jason Sendaula Butch Ross is a singer/songwriter I had the pleasure of meeting about ten years ago. At the time he was “the usual,” by which I mean a guy and a guitar and a nice voice. Since then Butch has moved from the guitar to the Appalachian dulcimer (very Read More

By Chris Kocher Growing up in a rough South Philly neighborhood in the 1960s, Joziah Longo often found solace in two things: music and his own active imagination. Friday nights at the Longo home meant parties in the basement, with various relatives and friends arriving with their Read More