Folk

'Better Haze' is nuanced, tantalizing, and refreshing.

'Tipping My Hat to Leonard' is intensely intimate, authentic, and elegantly simple.

'Storm Boy' from Xavier Rudd is an album of music which serves as a balm to the troubled soul of our world.

This NYC duo's distinctive sound encompasses folk, Americana, world music, New Orleans jazz, Gullah Geechee rhythms and scat singing, and what I call good old hoedown music.

Enjoy 53 live performances from four Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies from 2014 to 2017 (the 29th to 32nd) in this highly recommended (3.5 stars out of 4) Blu-ray version packed with 674 minutes of great material.

As it stands, 'Campfire Party' oozes mediocrity and offers little to recommend.

The contemporary folk music scene and the Early Music scene intersect more than you might think. The Early Music ensemble Tenet proved it decisively with this program, demonstrating such sublime musicianship that I hope they preserve it for future concerts and in a recording studio.

'Top of the Mountain' is definitely a winner because of Patricia Vonne’s inimitable vocals.

Kaz Bielinski's songs are mostly about love: new love, lost love, forever love, and one-sided love.

Meet in the Middle is a well-honed and smoothly polished assortment of easy-listening melodies.