I am really proud to have made artwork for Jennifer Wood's new album @jvw
She has made inspiring and uplifting music for these dark times.

https://jennifervenawood.bandcamp.com/track/hey-hey-sweet-sweet-3

Welp. Pushed the wrong button and accidentally released my record a couple of weeks early...

Might as well download it yourself!

For all that, I'm very proud of this record. I hope you enjoy...

I'll Be Right Here, Too!

https://jennifervenawood.bandcamp.com/album/ill-be-right-here-too

Edit: Weird that the temporary album cover is cached or something. Low-res of cover by @JennyJaybles now attached

Finger-picking guitar players!

Do you play...

Titanicin neitsytmatkan vuosipäivä, mikä ihana tekosyy laulaa taas yksi Alina Vaittiselta tallennettu laulu!

"Nyt murheen viesti kertoo Atlantin aalloilta
ett' laiva siellä upposi, vei hengen monelta
Oli laiva suurin maailman, jättiläiseks sanottiin
Mainetta ja kunnia sillä niittää aiottiin"

Argh, lost track of time. Pint and Dale are giving a YouTube performance.

#FolkMusic #Music

https://youtube.com/@pintanddale

Allison Russell and Brandi Carlyle “You’re Not Alone” - #FolkMusic #MusicVideo #Music

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHzPT6bCGoQ&si=lKlWhUHEcFKsrhvN

I just wrote down the title, technique, progression, melody, and "outline of an outline" for the second of two long ballads on my next record.

As much as I'm enjoying wrapping up "I'll Be Right Here, Too" I'll be glad when I can focus on turning my notes into new songs again.

Me and Rob recorded another song: Goodbye Girl, originally by Squeeze.

This time I'm using my baritone Ukelele, which I just love playing - it has two metal strings and kind of sounds like a banjo, and is tuned like the bottom 4 strings of a standard guitar tuning (D G B E).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH6r_xbecIk

Photo of Jewish musicians from Klyetsk, 1928, not far from Baranavichy. At that time in Poland, today in Belarus. From the YIVO collection, from the 1946 "Journal dedicated our Birthplace Kletzk" by United Kletzker Relief. The line underneath is a bit of a play on a Molly Picon song. "Di 'Kapelie' - Efrim mitn fidl un Asher mitn bas - 1928."

A new track is now available for preview during pre-order:

"Lament For a Lost Ship" featuring the Right Here Too Chorus

https://jennifervenawood.bandcamp.com/track/lament-for-a-lost-ship-far-and-away-shes-rolled-2

New radio promo just dropped!

https://exchange.prx.org/p/568815

The show will be broadcast the week of April 21, 2025; Monday 8:20PM,
Thursday 11:20AM and 6:20PM on KBEM, a Minneapolis community radio station.

I recently finished my first-ever song demo, and I am just...so excited.

The song is called "baptism" and I wrote it a little over a month ago when I was thinking about how, in many situations, a girl is not considered a true person or woman until she is married to or equivalently tied to a man.

In "baptism", I explored this idea through a girl that is about to be *baptized*.

You can listen to the song here: https://soundcloud.com/iriswulfe-860440421/baptism?si=480b62c578d345bc937565a79036eeae&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

For people interested in such things, there's a rich, new public thread on the #Pittsburgh subreddit about #FolkMusic in western #Pennsylvania

https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/1jv3kum/western_pa_folk_appalachian_bluegrass_roots/

This week on Earth Eclectic it's a "Folk Fest," exploring how #folkmusic plays a central role in #ecological awareness.

https://www.eartheclectic.org/2025/0051/

Featuring again our friends in #Argentina, @elcompostdelsistema, who are also mentioned in this article (see footnote 1) which is just now translated into Spanish!

https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2025/04/08/la-humildad-y-nuestra-conexion-con-la-tierra/

#musicwomenwednesday #FolkMusic #Flute

This is one of my favorite videos by the Trio Mandili from the country of Georgia. Every country should have random taxi drivers who are ready to play some folk music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ju6DBztWcA

Niel Gow (1727 – 1807)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niel_Gow

"The Edinburgh Rollick"
Ruckus
Keir GoGwilt (violin)
(Ruckus Records 2025)
https://open.spotify.com/album/5fOdYZq6K8hd8ZpfGxxcUA?si=6VmGqve5TIyLS_DUb2jLLg
https://ruckusearlymusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-edinburgh-rollick

#NowListening #music #musique #FolkMusic #fiddle #ScottishFolk #ScottishComposer
#NielGow

Thought we'd revisit a classic. At least now you get to think of fun TLJ songs whenever Windows is making sounds at you :)

From last Summer. At the BC Government House Music on the Lawns outdoor concert series.

With #Celtic #Scottish #musicians #friends in our local #Cookeilidh ( Cook - Kay - Lee ) band.

Cookeilidh has been delighting audiences for over 15 years with their high energy traditional, and modernized Celtic tunes. Comprised of 12-string guitar, electric bass, Irish flute, fiddle, bodhran, and vocals, they weave their own special blend of Trad with Attitude, Celtic Craic, and Pot O' Gold Folk!

Mixing the tunes of #Ireland and #Scotland, with a heaping spoonful of #Maritime flavour, and a dash of #Folk is their recipe for a modern day kitchen party!

Members and Instruments:

Dave Cook: Acoustic 12 String Guitar & Vocals
Woody Wilson: Irish Wooden Flute, Bodhran, & Bones
Tom Pogson: Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass & Vocals
Kim Cook: Fiddle, Percussion

I've been listening to Spiers & Boden's album "Fallow Ground" recently. The first track is a great version of the Australian folk song "Bluey Brink". Jon Boden added the following note about the song:

"A gem from the repertoire of Peter Bellamy and our first foray into the world of Australian folk song. Please note that drinking sulphuric acid will not make your beard catch fire, except at the subsequent cremation."

https://youtu.be/p7kjv65IEzU

The title track of my upcoming album, "I'll Be Right Here, Too" is now available when you pre-order the whole album!

https://jennifervenawood.bandcamp.com/album/ill-be-right-here-too