Boston is strongly identified with our European cultural inheritance, and that is great. Exposing our citizens to the riches of American roots music, however, is essential and an advantage in myriad of ways.

Lisa Ornstein & Dan Compton

Gotta love those Isidore Soucy tunes ...

Ici, maintenant.

Pioneer Days (1930)

Lovely tune

A beautiful glimpse into a tradition which knows no generational bounds.

What a great resource - so many iconic recordings.

Heaven in website form.  Tunes tunes tunesss!

Ohmannnnn.What.a.TUNE.

Brittany Haas & Lauren Rioux play 'Gray Owl' - by. John Arcand, 

Red & White & Blue & Gold - by Aoife O'Donnovan

Love this song, and video.  

Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten

Harder to Walk - The Fretless ft. Norah Rendell

Some great music by even greater people!  

Check out The Fretless, a new innovative celtic/folk/chamber quartet based out of western Canada.  Have a listen to their newest album 'Waterbound' @ thefretless.com!

Polskas ... where have you been all my life?

Ale Möller & Lena Willemark - Fastän 

I guess I've been on a slow-and-sorta-sad-but-really-pretty tune kick this week ... so here is one of those!

"Usually, the best arrangements we get, they are born after some really stupid ideas."

Interview with Antti & Esko Jarvela - Frigg.

"People who try to live with each other, understand each other, learn each others language and music ... those people are strong.  And people who know themselves are often open minded.  They can adapt to new things, they can get inspired by new experiences and cultures.  They have the power and the force to do that." - Haugaard

Harald Haugaard Trio - 'Schleswig'

One of the best tunes out there, period.

Vasen (& dancers)- Carl Linnaeus' Polonese.