About CFM

Born out of the need to facilitate a longtime dream that has yet to come true and the wish to share great music, Common Folk Music is an Internet publication for folk, Americana, bluegrass music and their sub-genres. Beginning as a one-woman-operation and a labor of love, Common Folk Music now includes a few excellent contributing writers, Andrew Smentkowski, who is also the other half of the duo Rusty Borealis, Brad Cardwell of The Manly Deeds, and Dee Thomas. We provide album reviews and features for independent unsigned and signed musicians and have made it our mission to push real music to the masses changing the world’s musical preference one person at a time.

Common Folk Music Team & Our Favorite Albums:

April Wolfe – Founder /Editor/ Writer

1. Joshua Tree, U2
2. Sometimes, City and Colour
3. O, Damien Rice
4. Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos
5. Deadmalls & Nightfalls, Frontier Ruckus
6. GP, Gram Parsons
7. Townes Van Zandt, Townes Van Zandt
8. Closing Time, Tom Waits
9. The Lioness, Songs:Ohia
10. Cancer and Delirium, J. Tillman

Andrew Smentkowski – Writer

1. Bone Machine, Tom Waits
2. Henry’s Dream, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
3. Lost Somewhere Between The Earth and My Home, The Geraldine Fibbers
4. North Hills, Dawes
5. Starfish, The Church
6. Lifes Rich Pageant, R.E.M
7. Pagan Day, Psychic TV
8. Harvest, Neil Young
9. 13 Songs, Fugazi
10. Twin Peaks Soundtrack, Angelo Badalamenti

Brad Cardwell – Writer

1. Heartbreaker, Ryan Adams
2. Old Crow Medicine Show, Old Crow Medicine Show
3. It Still Moves, My Morning Jacket
4. The Freewheeling Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan
5. Decoration Day, The Drive-By Truckers
6. Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan
7. The Creek Drank the Cradle, Iron and Wine
8. Music From Big Pink, The Band
9. Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones
10. North Hills, Dawes

Dee Thomas – Writer

1. The entire Bob Dylan catalogue takes #1 spot for fear that his albums would take over the whole Top 10. In my book, there’s Bob Dylan, and then there’s everything else. There are really only two kinds of Bob Dylan fans, those that went out to buy Love and Theft the day it was released in stores, and those that stayed home. I got mine.
2. Music From Big Pink, The Band
3. The Beatles (The White Album), The Beatles
4. Europe ’72, The Grateful Dead
5. Beggars Banquette, The Rolling Stones
6. Live Evil, Miles Davis
7. Catch a Fire, Bob Marley
8. Shotgun Willie, Willie Nelson
9. Mule Variations, Tom Waits
10. GP/Grevious Angel, Gram Parsons (Yeah, I know technically that’s two, but I can’t choose between them).

Mission:

To give fair and balanced reviews and artist features opening the door and making the way smoother for independent musicians, as well as, changing America’s musical preference one person at a time. Music is the opiate of the masses, and we’re its pusher.