Submitted Article and Photo The Brackney String Band will perform at the Susquehanna County Library on Saturday, Nov. 23 in the Community Room. The program, which will run from 1 to 3 pm is free and open to the public. The Brackney String Band has played old-time, Appalachian, and IrishContinue Reading
The success of the annual Cornstock Folk Festival at Lazy Brook Park owes as much to its atmosphere as it does the high caliber of its musicians. Organizers of the fifth annual Cornstock Folk Festival are expanding the scope of the event by putting additional emphasis on the arts thisContinue Reading
Cornstock, a three-day celebration of roots and acoustic music, will be held at Lazy Brook Park near the intersection of Routes 6 and 92, two miles east of Tunkhannock, from Friday to Sunday, Sept. 2 to 4. Entering its fourth year, the Cornstock Folk Festival, which will be held fromContinue Reading
Professor Louie and the Crowmatrix (above) will headline this summers’s Cornstolk Folk Festival at Lazy Brook Park in Tunkhannock (top). The seasoned musicians, who call Woodstock, NY, home, have worked with rock and folk legends for years, including The Band, Bob Dylan, Joe Jackson, and Asleep at the Wheel. TheyContinue Reading
Cornstock will host Red Wine (top), the first international act to play at the annual three-day folk and roots music festival in Lazy Brook Park, Tunkhannock on Labor Day Weekend. Other headliners include Daisycutter (above), The Crowmatrix and Furnace Mountain. By Rick Hiduk The days may be getting shorter asContinue Reading
Photos and story by Rick Hiduk Hickory Project, featuring Cornstock organizers Jillian and Anthony Hannigan (second and third from left) performed once on Friday night and will return to the stage at 10 pm Saturday night. Thousands of people are already at Lazy Brook Park, and many more folk andContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk Over the past few nights, I’ve listened to more than 60 of the freshest country, folk, bluegrass, and American blues songs that I could find listed on various carts and have found some gems that speak of how modern recording artists are abetting this crazy Battle ofContinue Reading
Young The Giant (above) is at #1. The rest of the chart can be found below. By Rick Hiduk I’ve been a big fan of Alternative music since the week I started college in 1980 and made the school’s radio station my second home. Previous to being a DJ onContinue Reading
Compiled by Rick Hiduk Having been a fan of country, bluegrass and folk music since I was a kid, I always had a tough time understanding the lines that divided them into marketable genres. Buck Owens, The Kingston Trio and Bob Dylan sounded good together, dropping one disc at aContinue Reading