mike seeger

Just Around the Bend is of monumental importance and an engrossing release not least, of course, due to the gentle force of Mike Seeger’s own personality, his over-reaching enthusiasm for old-time and its practitioners.

Next month, Smithsonian Folkways are to release “Just Around the Bend: Survival and Revival in Southern Banjo Sounds”. The 2CD/DVD set honours the life and legacy of Mike Seeger recorded months before his death in 2009.

One of the greatest things about running Folk Radio UK is the amount of time I get to spend searching out both new and old music. If I was given half the chance, I would happily spend most of the day doing it, OK, and night! I came across this one during another late night hunt. This time I was tracking down old albums through Smithsonian Folkways. The title of …