Lutze's Sweepings

Poet and folklorist Carl Sandburg says “The House Carpenter,” the version he includes in The American Songbag, “…is among the hoary and tarnished keepsakes of the ballad world.”  The song was old by the time it got into his hands; perhaps not as old as some we have explored along the way, but still quite old.  Judging by Sandburg’s […]

I speak from experience when I say there’s nothing like a song to fill the void, feel the feels, and get whatever’s on your chest off your chest and out into the world gone wrong, as I’ve gleaned strength from so-called “protest” songs most of my life. Luckily, I’m not alone. With federal immigration agents […]

Archie Macdonald Fisher was a Scottish folk singer and songwriter. He released several solo albums since his first, eponymous album, in 1968. Fisher composed the song “The Final Trawl”, recorded on the album Windward Away, that several other groups and singers, including The Clancy Brothers, have also recorded. Starting in the mid-1970s, he produced four […]

Lady Moon is SHEL’s Eva Holbrook. While the popular, eclectic sibling band (its name taken from sisters Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza) were waiting out the COVID-19 lockdown, in anticipation of releasing and touring a new album, Holbrook was hunkered in her hometown of Fort Collins, Colo., enjoying a “quiet” respite from the road. “It’s […]

Lolli Wren is a singer-songwriter whose journey began in South-East London, singing her way through every obstacle life threw at her. Music has been her lifeline from a young age, when her love for singing was born, alongside a deep passion for the flute (which she picked up age 6 and never put down). Lolli’s […]

Rosalba Pippa, better known by her stage name Arisa, is an Italian singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Arisa was born in Genoa. A week after her birth, her family moved back to their original hometown, Pignola, a village a few kilometres from Potenza. Her stage name is an acronym of her family members’ names: […]

Folk Bitch Trio is an Australian musical trio. The trio consists of Grace Sinclair, Jeanie Pilkington, and Heide Peverelle. The trio began in 2020 in Melbourne. That year, they released their debut single titled “Headlights”. In 2022, the trio released a split with the band Bones and Jones titled “Friendly Neighbour/If I Was a Man”. […]

Angelica Bove is an Italian singer who became known to the general public in 2023 thanks to the talent show X Factor. Born on May 5, 2003 in Rome and the event of her birth ends in the newspapers as part of a quadrigeminy pregnancy. After high school she worked as a waitress and worker […]

Ironmouse is a Puerto Rican VTuber, singer, and Twitch streamer. Active since 2017, she served as a founding member of the U.S.-based VTuber agency VShojo from November 2020 to July 2025. In her streaming activities, Ironmouse has been a prominent advocate for common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), an immune disorder for which she has received treatment; […]

Open Reel Ensemble is a Japanese band known for their use of open-reel recordings to create music. Formed in 2009, it consists of members Ei Wada, Haruka Yoshida and Masaru Yoshida. The band originally also included members Kimitoshi Sato and Takumi Mamba, who departed in 2015. After experimenting with open reels in his teenage years, […]