American Roots Music
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Dedicated to American Roots Music, including blues, bluegrass, cajun, country, gospel, jazz, folk, old-time, polka, spirituals, Tex-Mex, and western swing.
https://american-roots-music.blogspot.com/
https://american-roots-music.blogspot.com/
Remembering Jim McReynolds (February 13, 1927 – December 31, 2002), born in Carfax, Virginia. From the Ivan M. Tribe Collection #70185, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
February 14, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Remembering Jim McReynolds (February 13, 1927 – December 31, 2002), born in Carfax, Virginia. From the Ivan M. Tribe Collection #70185, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
James Forman, executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), sits with Joan Baez at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March on March 25, 1965, in Montgomery, Alabama.
February 13, 2026 at 5:13 PM
James Forman, executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), sits with Joan Baez at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March on March 25, 1965, in Montgomery, Alabama.
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change | New York Times
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February 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change | New York Times
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Across the Blueridge Mountains with Harley Allen
Folkways Records – FTS 31076
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1983
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
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Folkways Records – FTS 31076
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1983
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
x.gd/2i05X
February 12, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Across the Blueridge Mountains with Harley Allen
Folkways Records – FTS 31076
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1983
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
x.gd/2i05X
Folkways Records – FTS 31076
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1983
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
x.gd/2i05X
American Voters Are Being Played ©2026 Deb Milbrath x.gd/PCQUS
Put trump in front of a mic it's…LOUNGE ACT!! Playing to the crowd…milking every word for a laugh. his fawning devoted love it….so does the Heritage foundation, Stephen Miller and those into the dismantling of our Democracy.
Put trump in front of a mic it's…LOUNGE ACT!! Playing to the crowd…milking every word for a laugh. his fawning devoted love it….so does the Heritage foundation, Stephen Miller and those into the dismantling of our Democracy.
February 12, 2026 at 8:53 AM
American Voters Are Being Played ©2026 Deb Milbrath x.gd/PCQUS
Put trump in front of a mic it's…LOUNGE ACT!! Playing to the crowd…milking every word for a laugh. his fawning devoted love it….so does the Heritage foundation, Stephen Miller and those into the dismantling of our Democracy.
Put trump in front of a mic it's…LOUNGE ACT!! Playing to the crowd…milking every word for a laugh. his fawning devoted love it….so does the Heritage foundation, Stephen Miller and those into the dismantling of our Democracy.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Epstein files, who's next? ©2026 Enrico Bertuccioli x.gd/jBF1N
February 11, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Epstein files, who's next? ©2026 Enrico Bertuccioli x.gd/jBF1N
Emerson Newton: A Foot In The Past, A Foot In The Future
Pinecastle Records – PRC 1074
Format: CD, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1997
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
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Pinecastle Records – PRC 1074
Format: CD, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1997
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
x.gd/JU0DM
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Emerson Newton: A Foot In The Past, A Foot In The Future
Pinecastle Records – PRC 1074
Format: CD, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1997
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
x.gd/JU0DM
Pinecastle Records – PRC 1074
Format: CD, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1997
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
x.gd/JU0DM
Opposition to President Trump’s policies abroad and at home has followed the U.S. Olympic team to Italy, forcing athletes, coaches and American fans to respond to — or sidestep — the backlash. trib.al/Yx8SkFh
February 8, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Opposition to President Trump’s policies abroad and at home has followed the U.S. Olympic team to Italy, forcing athletes, coaches and American fans to respond to — or sidestep — the backlash. trib.al/Yx8SkFh
Rememberring Dan Hicks (1941-2016) Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks* – Last Train To Hicksville...The Home Of Happy Feet x.gd/D1520
February 8, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Rememberring Dan Hicks (1941-2016) Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks* – Last Train To Hicksville...The Home Of Happy Feet x.gd/D1520
lison Krauss with Ralph Stanley.
February 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
lison Krauss with Ralph Stanley.
Exiting the Nashville stage with record-breaking funds, Emmylou Harris now pivots to Austin’s Paramount Theatre, a critical prelude to her definitive European farewell. Does every final note carry weight? ▶️ 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞: x.gd/6xtcm
February 8, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Exiting the Nashville stage with record-breaking funds, Emmylou Harris now pivots to Austin’s Paramount Theatre, a critical prelude to her definitive European farewell. Does every final note carry weight? ▶️ 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞: x.gd/6xtcm
𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐞, & 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐱 — 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟒 (L-R) Sonny Terry (partially visible), Woody Guthrie, and Alan Lomax, photographed in New York in 1944.⠀This image is identified by LOC as being taken at a cast party for The Martins and the Coys (1944)
February 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐞, & 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐱 — 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟒 (L-R) Sonny Terry (partially visible), Woody Guthrie, and Alan Lomax, photographed in New York in 1944.⠀This image is identified by LOC as being taken at a cast party for The Martins and the Coys (1944)
JD Vance was met with boos during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan that were audible despite the loud music, an indication of the fury in Italy over the Trump administration’s policies. Before the event, protesters marched in Milan in opposition to ICE. Read more: nyti.ms/45UWFdn
February 7, 2026 at 6:55 AM
JD Vance was met with boos during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan that were audible despite the loud music, an indication of the fury in Italy over the Trump administration’s policies. Before the event, protesters marched in Milan in opposition to ICE. Read more: nyti.ms/45UWFdn
Jimi Hendrix filming Janis Joplin & Big Brother and the Holding Company backstage at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, 1968. 📸 by Jim Marshall
February 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Jimi Hendrix filming Janis Joplin & Big Brother and the Holding Company backstage at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, 1968. 📸 by Jim Marshall
The Washington Post-Mortem ©2026 Antonio Rodríguez x.gd/wWLB4
February 6, 2026 at 8:49 AM
The Washington Post-Mortem ©2026 Antonio Rodríguez x.gd/wWLB4
Emmylou Harris has just released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis” — a haunting piece dedicated to the people of Minneapolis and in remembrance of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Read more: x.gd/3gWQi
February 6, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Emmylou Harris has just released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis” — a haunting piece dedicated to the people of Minneapolis and in remembrance of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Read more: x.gd/3gWQi
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The DOJ missed a December 19 deadline set by the Epstein Files Transparency Act by more than a month, but still released the files without fully redacting nude photos and names of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims.
DOJ released Epstein files with dozens of nudes and victims' names, reports say
DOJ reportedly failed to redact nearly 40 nude photos and 43 victims' names.
arstechnica.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The DOJ missed a December 19 deadline set by the Epstein Files Transparency Act by more than a month, but still released the files without fully redacting nude photos and names of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims.
Activists in London installed a poster featuring Elon Musk’s 2012 email to Jeffrey Epstein
February 6, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Activists in London installed a poster featuring Elon Musk’s 2012 email to Jeffrey Epstein
Jean Ritchie sings Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains
Folkways Records – FC 7054
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1957
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Children's, Appalachian Music
x.gd/V6hAL
Folkways Records – FC 7054
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1957
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Children's, Appalachian Music
x.gd/V6hAL
February 5, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Jean Ritchie sings Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains
Folkways Records – FC 7054
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1957
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Children's, Appalachian Music
x.gd/V6hAL
Folkways Records – FC 7054
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1957
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Children's, Appalachian Music
x.gd/V6hAL
Bob Zimmerman (Bob Dylan), 12 years old, 6th grade, Washington School, Hibbing, Minnesota, 1953. Front row: Griffith Thomas and Bob Zimmerman.
February 5, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Bob Zimmerman (Bob Dylan), 12 years old, 6th grade, Washington School, Hibbing, Minnesota, 1953. Front row: Griffith Thomas and Bob Zimmerman.
“ Fascism is fear bossing you. Fascism is worse than all of these things, and fascism is more closer to you than I can make you see. I’m trying to wake you up to tell you that you’re sleeping with something ten times more dangerous than a poison-fang snake in your bed.” – Woody Guthrie
February 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM
“ Fascism is fear bossing you. Fascism is worse than all of these things, and fascism is more closer to you than I can make you see. I’m trying to wake you up to tell you that you’re sleeping with something ten times more dangerous than a poison-fang snake in your bed.” – Woody Guthrie
'Perfectly rational' ... John Lennon and Yoko Ono stage their performance 'peace' in Amsterdam, 1969.
February 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
'Perfectly rational' ... John Lennon and Yoko Ono stage their performance 'peace' in Amsterdam, 1969.
Pork chart: A diagram of Donald Trump
©2026 Mariano Ruszaj x.gd/BTsV5
©2026 Mariano Ruszaj x.gd/BTsV5
February 4, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Pork chart: A diagram of Donald Trump
©2026 Mariano Ruszaj x.gd/BTsV5
©2026 Mariano Ruszaj x.gd/BTsV5