Four Wednesdays this May, hear FREE live music in the historic Olin Park pavilion from 6 to 8 PM: — May 9: Frankie Lee – blues harmonica — May 16: The Whiskey Farm – bluegrass Americana — May 23: Cris Plata – south Texas folk & twang — May 30: Lou & Peter Berryman – […]
Charlie Parr Live At WORT This Friday!
Roots musician Charlie Parr will be visiting WORT to do a live studio session this Friday at noon on his way to play The Stoughton Opera House later that night along with Willy Tea Taylor. Though described as a shy individual, his ambitious schedule of around 250 energetic performances a year has built him a […]
John Handcox: Sharecropper’s Troubadour
Descended from African American slaves, Native Americans, and white slaveowners, John Handcox survived attempted lynchings, floods, droughts, and the ravages of the Great Depression to organize black and white farmers alike on behalf of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. He also became one of the most beloved folk singers of the prewar labor movement, composing […]
