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The Vault bids farewell to Warren Hellman, founder of San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
The Bay Area music scene suffered a major loss this weekend with the passing of Warren Hellman, founder and benefactor of the city’s remarkable long-running Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. In honor of his memory, we are proud to present this inspiring look at the man and his festival by Angela Zimmerman, originally published in Crawdaddy! [...]
Chicago’s Terry Kath
Formed in 1967, Chicago has been a long-term and very prolific band. Much of it’s great history can be found in the Wolfgang’s Vault Archives in audio and in video. When founding member Terry Kath passed, he left a very young daughter. Today she is working on a documentary [...]
Tom Waits
Tom Waits has what might be the most exciting release of the year coming out October 24. In anticipation, you may have seen his hilarious “Listening Party” video on his site. Make sure you check out the two songs he has now released there as well: the heartbreakingly lovely ballad Back In The Crowd and [...]
New Releases: Marketa Irglova, Joe Henry, Bess Rogers
It’s a great week for new music! Anti-Records has two releases this week we want to note: Marketa Irglova, and Joe Henry.
And our friend Bess Rogers has a new release as well. Here are some samples of what you might enjoy.
Marketa Irglova: she is best known for her part in the Swell Season [...]
Will Hoge
He’s a veteran singer/songwriter from Nashville, with seven records released to his credit, yet many of us are just getting to know the man known as the voice of “heartland rock.” You may recognize his song “Even If It Breaks Your Heart.” Let us tell you about Will Hoge.
This week, Will Hoge releases his seventh [...]
Introducing Tinariwen
Many of the news headlines this week are centered in Tripoli, Libya as that nation fights for its freedom, voice and culture. Today, we introduce you to a different part of music out of the Libyan desert: Tinariwen. In this collective of musicians from Saharan Africa we find what can happen when East meets West [...]
Remembering Dan Peek of the band America
The BBC reports on the passing of Dan Peek, founding member and original vocalist of the band America. Peek was 60 years old.
In his career with America, and later solo, Peek contributed to so many hit songs that are indelible in the minds of millions of music fans worldwide, even if we haven’t heard [...]
Paste Magazine mPlayer
For years, Paste Magazine has been a ground-breaking music and pop culture magazine. Their history is described here. Earlier this year, Wolfgang’s Vault proudly added Paste Magazine’s editorial team and archive to our family of music sites. Today, thanks in part to the support of Wolfgang’s Vault, the Paste team introduces the mPlayer: the reimagined magazine in [...]
Levon Helm – Dirt Farmer, American Minstrel