Rambles: folk roots

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The folk section covers a broad spectrum of mostly American folk (traditional and contemporary), folk-rock, singer-songwriter and indie recordings. Primarily, you can expect to find music which strikes at the heart of the folk tradition, where we spotlight innovative songwriters and performers who've laid the groundwork for the great folk tradition and who help to maintain that tradition today.

You'll find acoustic music here, as well as bands playing traditional music with electric guitars and bands playing new music on traditional instruments. Old-style folk meets rock 'n' roll, rockabilly and other stuff with its roots in folk traditions. Explore this section to find a tasty selection of musical possibilities.

While some people argue that "folk music" is by definition limited solely to traditional pieces, we have been reminded by others that songwriting itself is a proud tradition. If new music isn't being written and performed to expand the dog-eared playbook, those old songs are in danger of becoming hackneyed and worn-out cliches.

For folk music from the Canadian Maritimes, look here.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Gabriel's Hold
• The Struble Sessions (1999)

Marcel Gagnon
• Crazy Maker (2001)
• The Watchman - Tom Crow (2002)
• Captured (2004)

Gaia Consort
• Gaia Circles (1999)
• Secret Voices (2001)
• Evolve (2004)

Neil Gaiman
• Where's Neil When You Need Him? (2006)

Lennie Gallant
• Breakwater (1988)
• Believing in Better (1991)
• The Open Window (1994)
• Live (2000)
• Le vent boheme (2002)

Gallimaufry
• Dig Me a Ditch (1999)

Annie Gallup
• Swerve (2001)
• Half of My Crime (2006)

Peter Gallway
• Redemption (1999)

Ivor Game
• Happy Face (1998)

Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams
• Flapjacks from the Sky (2004)

Abbie Gardner
• Abbie Gardner (1999)

Bill Garrett
• Seems to Me (1999)
• Red Shoes, with Sue Lothrop (2003)

Dick Gaughan
• Redwood Cathedral (1998)
• Outlaws & Dreamers (2001)
• Prentice Piece (2002)
• Lucky for Some (2006)

Mary Gauthier
• Drag Queens In Limousines (1999)

Deborah Gee
• Portal (2000)

Lisa Gentile
• Becoming (2000)

Colleen Geraghty
• Deep Ravines (2004)

Eric Gerber
• Boston by Friday (2000)

Ed Gerhard
• House of Guitars (2001)

Dave Gibb
• Blood & Flame (2005)

Melissa Gibson
• Welcome to Stay (2003)
• In Your Corner (2006)

Melinda Gidaly
• Quiet Loathing Girl (1999)
• This Mortal Lust (2002)

Ronnie Gilbert & Holly Near
• Lifeline Extended (2002)

Vance Gilbert
• Somerville Live (2000)
• Side of the Road, with Ellis Paul (2003)
• Unfamiliar Moon (2005)
• Angels, Castles, Covers (2006)

Richard Gilewitz
• Synapse Collapse (1997)

Eliza Gilkyson
• Land of Milk & Honey (2004)
• Paradise Hotel (2005)
• Your Town Tonight (2007)

Tony Gilkyson
• Goodbye Guitar (2006)

Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• One Endless Night (2000)

Thea Gilmore
• Rules for Jokers (2001)
• Loft Music (2005)

Joe Giltrap
• The Soldiers Tree (1998)
• The Mountains of Mourne (2001)
• Irish Charmer (2002)
• Distant Memories (2003)
• The Bravest, with Tom Paxton (2005)

Dominique Gizelle
• Deep Down (1999)

Brian Gladstone
• Psychedelic Pholk Psongs (2001)
• Alive & Picking, with Tony Quarrington (2003)
• A Time for New Beginnings (2005)

Howard Gladstone
• Sunflowers Light the Room (2002)
• Candles on the River (2005)

Glasnots
• Brave Spirits (1993)
• Re-Elect the Moon, with Terry Hinely (1997)

Steve Glotzer
• Life Imitates Art (2000)

Eve Goldberg
• Crossing the Water (2003)
• A Kinder Season (2007)

Dennis Gomo
• Nippising (1999)

Frank Goodman
• All the Way Down (2000)

David Goodrich
• Accidentals of the West (2002)

James Gordon
• Pipe Street Dreams (1999)
• Mining for Gold: Twenty Years of Song Writing (2000)
• One Timeless Moment, with Sandy Horne (2002)
• Endomusia (2004)

Robert Gordon
• Robert Gordon (1997)

Sax Gordon
• You Knock Me Out (2000)

John Gorka
• Old Futures Gone (2003)
• Writing in the Margins (2006)

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
• Spanish Dance Troupe (1999)

Gorman Del Greco
• Cafe Shadeaux (1998)

Judy Gorman
• Analog Girl in a Digital World (1998)

The Gourds
• Bolsa de Agua (2000)

Annie Grace
• Take Me Out Drinking Tonight (2004)

Red Grammer
• Soul Man in a Techno World (2001)

Tracy Grammer
• The Verdant Mile (2004)

Tracy Grammer & Dave Carter
• Tanglewood Tree (2000)
• Drum Hat Buddha (2001)
• When I Go (2002)

The Granary Girls
• Wild Roses (2004)

Guy-Michael Grande
• Familiar Strangers (2001)

Greg Grant
• After the Crash (2001)
• Bisbe Street (2002)

Great Big Sea
• Great Big Sea (1993)
• Up (1995)
• Play (1997)
• Rant & Roar (1997)
• Turn (1999)
• performance review (1999)
• Road Rage (2000)
• Sea of No Cares (2002)
• Something Beautiful (2004)
• The Hard & the Easy (2005)

Great Northern
• Low Lonesome (1999)
• 3 (2002)

Buddy Greenbloom
• My Little Underground (2003)

Michele Dominguez Greene
• Ojo de Tiburon (2002)
• Luna Roja (2006)

The Green House Band
• Mirage (2003)

Greenland Whalefishers
• The Mainstreet Sword (1996)
• Loboville (2001)

Crow Greenspun
• Blood & Decision (2005)

Robin Greenstein
• Acousticness (1999)

Ray Greiche
• Everything's Fine (2000)

Charlotte Greig
• Night Visiting Songs (1998)
• Down in the Valley (1999)
• At Llangennith (2001)
• Winter Woods (2003)

Grey Eye Glances
• A Little Voodoo (2002)

The Grievous Angels
• Waiting for the Cage (1996)

Patty Griffin
• Children Running Through (2007)

Grace Griffith
• Sands of Time (2003)

Nanci Griffith
• Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984/2002)
• Poet in My Window (1986/2002)
• There's a Light Beyond These Woods (1986/2002)
• Winter Marquee (2002)

Groovelily
• Are We There Yet? (2003)

Groundhogs
• The Lost Tapes Vol. 2 (2001)

Marcia Guderian Trio
• Full Moon (1999)

Michael Gulezian
• Language of the Flame (2001)

The Gumboots
• Search for a Passage (2000)

Dave Gunning
• Caught Between Shadows (2000)

Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger
• Precious Friend (1990)

Bruce Guthro
• Of Your Son (1998)
• Guthro (2001)

Debra Guy
• That's Miss Passive-Aggressive to You (2000)

Mark Haines & Tom Leighton
• Hand to Hand (2001)

Joe Hall
• Travelling Without Deoderant: The Best of Joe Hall (1972-1988) (1999)

Rebecca Hall
• Rebecca Hall Sings (2000)
• Sunday Afternoon (2003)

Scott Hallock
• Stories (2001)

Tom Hambridge
• Balderdash (2000)

Jen Hamel
• Fine Small Storm (2001)

Hamell on Trial
• Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs (2006)

Wayne Hamilton
• Lucky That Way (2000)

Marie-Lynn Hammond
• Marie-Lynn Hammond & Vignettes (1978/1983/1999)
• Impromptu (1985/1994/2000)
• Black & White ... & Shades of Grey (1990/2000)
• Impromptu (1985/1994/2000)

John L. Handcox
• Songs, Poems & Stories of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (2004)

Spook Handy
• Breakfast at Bill's (2001)

Jim Hanlon
• From the Heart (2004)

Mick Hanly
• Free to Run (2004)
• Wish Me Well (2005)

John Wort Hannam
• Two Bit Suit (2007)

Andrew Hardin
• The Best of Andrew Hardin (2002)

Jack Hardy
• Omens (2000)

Ben Harper
• Diamonds on the Inside (2003)

Kemp Harris
• Sometimes in Bad Weather (2003)

Marilyn Harris
• Between the Lines (1993)

Vicky Harris
• Touch (2002)

Christina Harrison
• Wee Folk Songs (1996)

Jeffrey Harrison
• Jeffrey Harrison (2005)

Joy Eden Harrison
• Unspoken (1999)

Lynn Harrison
• Lynoleum (2001)
• Learning Curve (2003)

Tim Harrison
• Tim Harrison (1999)
• Wheatfield with Crows (2003)

Frankie Hart & the FarAway Ensemble
• Hitotsu (2000)

Lis Harvey
• Topography (2002)

John Hasbrouck
• Ice Cream (2002)

Juliana Hatfield
• Total System Failure (2000)
• Beautiful Creature (2001)
• Gold Stars 1992-2002: The Juliana Hatfield Collection (2002)
• In Exile Deo (2004)

Jens Hausmann
• Back on the Track (1999)

Kevin Hearn & Thin Buckle
• Night Light (2003)

Ray Hearne
• Broad Street Ballads (2001)

Anne Heaton
• Black Notebook (2002)

Ingrid Heldt
• Love Matters (2002)

Hem
• Rabbit Songs (2002)

Colin Henderson
• Highway of Diamonds: The Songs of Bob Dylan (2003)
• Shifting Sands (2005)

Hamish Henderson
• A' the Bairns o' Adam (2003)

Terri Hendrix
• The Ring (2002)

Christie Hennessy
• Stories for Sale (2005)

Jim Henry
• The Wayback (1999)

Priscilla Herdman
• The Road Home (2003)

Here Nor There
• Conversations (1998)

Marc Herman
• Neon (2003)

Greg Herriges
• It Plays Me (2005)

Caroline Herring
• Twilight (2001)
• Lantana (2008)

Lara Herscovich
• There (2002)
• Juror Number 13 (2006)

Barry Hertz
• A Cowboy's Prayer (2006)

Hesperus
• Early American Roots (1997)

Carolyn Hester
• The Tradition Years (2006)

Jean Hewson & Christina Smith
• Like Ducks! (1998)
• August Gale (2006)

John Hiatt
• Crossing Muddy Waters (2000)

Bill Hibbets
• Bricks & Trees (2007)

Susan Hickey
• Water Meets Sand (2002)

Sara Hickman
• Motherlode (2006)

Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
• Beatin' the Heat (2000)

Leigh Hilger
• Casting Shadows (1999)

Byron Hill
• Gravity ... & other things that keep you down to Earth (1999)

James Hill
• A Flying Leap (2006)

Bob Hillman
• Playing God (1999)

Naama Hillman
• Living Room (2004)

Anne Hills
• Under American Skies, with Tom Paxton (2001)
• Faire Winds Live, with Bill Jones & Aoife Clancy (2003)
• Best of Friends, with Tom Paxton & Bob Gibson (2004)

Donal Hinely
• We Built a Fire (2002)

Terry Hinely & Glasnots
• Re-Elect the Moon (1997)

Tish Hinojosa
• Sign of Truth (2000)

Matt & Erica Hinton
• Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp (2006)

Daniel Ho
• Coolest Drop of Rain (2002)

Cheryl Hoenemeyer
• Crowded Bed (2001)

Andi Hoffman & B-Goes
• Basil for Nino (1999)
• Living in the Big Wide World (2002)

Lily Holbrook
• Everything was Beautiful & Nothing Hurt (2005)

Deborah Holland
• The Book of Survival (1999)

James Hollingsworth
• Alive in 2005 (2006)

Hollow Log
• Catch a Caber (2001)

Hollyfield & Spruill
• Blue & Green (1998)