One of the most memorable scenes in the film 1917 is when a British soldier sings “The Wayfaring Stranger” for his comrades in a forest before they go into battle. And now, soldiers in the Army ...
In the later years of Charlie Haden’s lauded professional life, long after he’d helped reconfigure jazz as part of Ornette Coleman’s group, the bassist, composer, longtime Angeleno and patriarch of ...
Norwegian vocalist Kristin Asbjørnsen is gifted with a voice that sounds quite southern: deep and lustrous, with some hoarseness, lots of passion and a wide range. Her spiritual songbook Wayfaring ...
There is a truth in the old songs — a truth as deep as bedrock and as timeless as Shakespeare. Take “Wayfaring Stranger,” a song I’ve been humming-singing for a week or so. It’s one of those songs ...
In 2014, the Haden Triplets – Petra, Rachel, and Tanya – released their eponymous debut album on Jack White’s Third Man Records label. A sterling collection of vintage country songs, the LP was ...
Whether someone has been a fan of Marie Miller since way back when the calendar read 2005 or, is just getting to know her through the very words in this feature, the mandolinist’s latest release ...
All roads start somewhere — even roads that go on forever. For Robert Earl Keen, that origin point is bluegrass music. He grew up with the stuff, listening to singers like Jimmie Rodgers and ...