folk Archives - Boing Boing Staging

music This livestream of The Tallest Man On Earth performing "The Wild Hunt" is utterly delightful Thom Dunn

music Seminal "Anthology of American Folk Music" reissued on vinyl! David Pescovitz
music Ted Lucas's stunning soulful folk (1975) David Pescovitz
music The Head & The Heart: "Shake" David Pescovitz
music Folkstreams free archive of folk/roots culture documentaries David Pescovitz
happy mutants Roger McGuinn on folk preservation on NPR Cory Doctorow
music Chelsea Wolfe, folk-doom diva: the Dangerous Minds session Xeni Jardin
Copyfight "Global Jukebox" envisioned by folklorist, ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax comes to life Xeni Jardin
music Why The Animals' Eric Burdon is OK with Trump using "House of the Rising Sun" David Pescovitz
summer Mousommar: adorable rodent May Queen Rob Beschizza
wristwatches In-depth look at a $200,000 wristwatch Mark Frauenfelder
Gadgets MagiMask is the next stage in the evolution of augmented reality Boing Boing's Shop
smithsonian The origin story of that all-American toy, Slip 'N Slide Andrea James
cover songs The Fresh Prince theme song as a tragic Irish pub ballad Thom Dunn
cereal Kellogg's is releasing Green Onion-flavored Chex, and the commercial is absolutely bonkers Thom Dunn
art How a Black woman turned quilting into a surprisingly radical art form Thom Dunn
Internet Parler, the "free speech" alternative to Twitter, breaks out the ban-hammer Rob Beschizza
music Nile Rodgers tells of transforming Bowie's "Let's Dance" from folky to beyond funky David Pescovitz
inspiration Advice/inspiration: The "best part of getting laid off" Rusty Blazenhoff
politics Trump uses racist 'Kung Flu' slur against Asians again, was 'coronavirus' too many syllables? Xeni Jardin