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THE BLINDMAN'S BLUES FORUM: A comprehensive on-line forum on all matters Blue!
THE BLUES TRAIL: A great resource for those interested in the historical roots of the blues. It's a non-commercial site covering blues history through the lives of some of its earliest performers! There's some great streamable music and interviews here!
LOWELL FOLK FESTIVAL: This is the largest free folk festival in the US--and an easy drive from the Pioneer Valley. Check it out!
DAVID POLLITT'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION BLOG: You may have heard my brother on the show. Here's his website chronicling the journey complete with some videos!
DUST-to- DIGITAL : " A gold-standard reissue label! Although the folklorists lugging around tape recorders (and the performers carrying on ancient traditions) are worthy of much heralding, it's equally astounding how essential Lance Ledbetter's work at Dust-to-Digital has been to the preservation of traditional American folksong." --Amanda Petrusich, Pitchfork Media.

Bringing You The Music From Before

Mike Seeger, arguably, did more than another musician to preserve the traditional music of the Appalachian hills and bring it to a larger audience during our lifetime. A superb multi-instrumentalist, here he is playing with the New Lost City Ramblers, a group he formed and toured with extensively.

Michael Doucet has been a primary force in bringing Cajun music to its widespread popularity today. A multi-instrumentalist, he received an NEA Folk Arts Apprenticeship Grant to study Cajun fiddle styles from masters such as Varise Conner, Hector Duhon, Canray Fontenot, Lionel LeLeux, and Dennis McGee in 1975. He is a recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and his group Bousoleil has received two Grammy awards.

While his brother Flaco Jimenez mixed the Norteño sound with modern influences like jazz and country, Santiago Jr. upheld the traditions of his father and concentrated on the basic formula of two-button accordion with guitar, bass, and voice accompaniment. Here he performs with Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds)a group also very active in preserving and performing the traditional music of Mexican Americans. As well as performing, the members of the group also founded and operate Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center in San Pablo, California.

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Producer and Host Michael Pollitt with Co-producer Lance Smith

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