When The Who’s Pete Townshend commissions you to create an album encompassing the life and times of the great Woody Guthrie you know you must be doing something right.

Reg Meuross · RAW · Song · 2019

 

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My first visit of the year to the Ropery Hall, Barton-Upon-Humber, finds the venue unsurprisingly full for Reg Meuross's return. Since his first solo album was released almost 30 years ago, Meuross has become widely regarded as one of this country's finest singer-songwriters. Recent years have seen him release a duo of thematic albums, initially with '12 Silk Handkerchiefs'

Listen to Soft Folkus - Feature Interview With Reg Meuross by Roger Williams

Stunning song cycle for Woody Guthrie. Commissioned by Pete Townsend (yes, that one), who also produces and plays on the record, 'Fire and Dust' is a song cycle by folk luminary Reg Meuross. It is a tribute to Woody Guthrie, which touches on personal stories from inside Guthrie's life story, while continuing to carry the flame for the causes he championed throughout his life.

www.regmeuross.com The match is spot on. Reg Meuross has cultivated a role as a modern protest singer, so the call to reinterpret the life...

I come to this album from a week or so spent among the denizens of the New York and Boston folk revivals, including a key figure from Tulsa and the Guthrie Center, and a concert (Judy Collins, marking...

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As I write, it’s raining again, so as youm see, Genevieve is suitably attired. I’m going to stay in and listen to some fabulous music, opening and closing with tracks from Flook, in between, you’ll he...

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Acoustic music, with Irish traditional band Altan in the studio.