Author: Billy Faier
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #65 Sep-Oct 2006
Kingston Trio – The Essential
With the passage of many years, well-considered opinions frequently become prejudices, unless freshened by re-examination. I remember quite well that I disliked the Kingston Trio’s music, but for the life of me I can’t say why, except that they weren’t “ethnic” enough for me in 1958. The one thing I recall clearly is their treatment [...]
Bound - Book Review from Issue #62 Mar-Apr 2006
Which Side Are You On? An Inside History Of The Folk Music Revival In America
Except for those rare out-of-the-way primitive societies untouched by current events, everyone’s life is different after a world war, usually for the worse. Technologies which would ordinarily (that is, in peacetime) take decades to develop through the organic and creative process of human striving now come bursting forth with little regard for their ultimate effect [...]
