Category Archives: General

Lou Curtiss, A San Diego Folk Hero

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Peter Feldmann

Lou Curtiss, and old friend in the music through six decades, passed away this week in San Diego. Our friend, WB Reid shared some reminiscences of his life which I’d like to publish here. Continue reading →

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The Sixties in Folk Music / 10. Kajsa Ohman

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Peter Feldmann

Giving up music for life is something I do periodically. Whether this is due to some innate fear of failure or another fear—that music is so wonderful and powerful it might take over my life—I don’t know. I do know … Continue reading →

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The Sixties in Folk Music / 9. Peter Feldmann

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Peter Feldmann

A Swiss Hillbilly Discovers America Peter Feldmann My family emigrated from Switzerland shortly after World War II. I recall landing at Burbank Airport in the middle of August (LAX had not yet been built.) The temperature was an even 100 … Continue reading →

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Arnold Shultz: Black fiddling and bluegrass music

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Peter Feldmann

The first time I met Bill Monroe (regarded as the “Father of Bluegrass Music”) in May of 1963, he mentioned some of the people that influenced the development of the musical style that was later to be named after his … Continue reading →

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Carolina Ramblers String Band: An unissued test!

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Peter Feldmann

In the mid 1930s, Columbia Masterworks issued two multi-disc albums titled The Columbia History Of Music By Ear And Eye.  One side of a disc in series II was supposed to feature selections from Frederick Handel’s Harpsichord Suite No. 8. … Continue reading →

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