Folk You!

@FolkYouAll

The loosest, funnest & most existential singer-songwriter round-robin in Chicagoland! Established 2001.

Chicago, IL

Joined August 2013

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Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 22

Next up: host @larryodean welcomes guests @HannahFrankMuse and Ian McKinley! Hope to see you there. #singersongwriter

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Radio Free Americana@RadioFreeAmer · Jul 26

Oh baby, the RFA Airplay Chart thru July 24 has been published at RadioFreeAmericana.com/airplay-chart/ and includes hundreds of new releases with links to sample and purchase. Here are some of the top spins for the week:

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IVY@IvyFanPage · 15 h

Ivy - Say You Will (acoustic)

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bandcamp@Bandcamp · 11 h

This Friday is Bandcamp Friday. daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandc…

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Folk You!@FolkYouAll · 18 h

A new book reveals Sinéad O’Connor’s legacy beyond the headlines ⁦@WBEZMUSIC⁩ wbez.org/books/2025/07/…

FolkYouAll's tweet card. In “Nothing Compares to You: What Sinéad O’Connor Means To Us,” 25 women — including several Chicago writers — consider the controversial musician’s impact on her fans.

Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 28

Mike Oldfield Story BBC Documentary youtu.be/UQLDGpcgNTM?si… via @YouTube

Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 28

Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97 apnews.com/article/tom-le…

FolkYouAll's tweet card. Tom Lehrer, a song satirist who gained a popular following in the 1950s and ’60s lampooning marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, and then largely abandoned his music career to return to...

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Joni Mitchell@jonimitchell · Jul 26

In July 1969, Joni returned to the Mariposa Folk Festival for the fifth time, making her a true “child of the festival.” Photos by Fred Ross

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Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 27

Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97 nytimes.com/2025/07/27/art… via ⁦@nytimesmusic⁩

FolkYouAll's tweet card. A mathematician by training, he acquired a devoted following with songs that set sardonic lyrics to music that was often maddeningly cheerful.

Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 26

Big Freedia is going to take Nashville Pride to the club … and to church ⁦@WPLN⁩ wpln.org/post/big-freed…

FolkYouAll's tweet card. When Big Freedia returns to Nashville Pride this weekend, she’ll add in an element that may seem antithetical to booty-shaking: her version of sanctified gospel music.

Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 26

Review: I didn’t know I needed HBO's new Billy Joel documentary ⁦@nprmusic⁩ npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-…

FolkYouAll's tweet card. NPR critic Linda Holmes has been a Billy Joel fan since the '80s. HBO's new two-part documentary still taught her something new about his life — and provided a chance to consider the role of his...

Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 25

⁦@TheOnion⁩ theonion.com/no-one-in-jame…

FolkYouAll's tweet card. CHICAGO—Despite numerous reports that the performance was “just absolutely fantastic,” nobody in the audience of a recent James Taylor concert had functional enough knees to give the “Fire And Rain”...

Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 25

⁦@guardianmusic⁩ theguardian.com/music/2025/jul…

FolkYouAll's tweet card. It started out as promo for an insurance company and ended up powering an entire industry. As the Opry strikes out for London, can it stay relevant for another century?

Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 25

⁦@guardianmusic⁩ theguardian.com/music/2025/jul…

FolkYouAll's tweet card. The Estonian composer’s music of simplicity, spirituality – and silence – is universally appealing and enduringly rewarding. We pay tribute ahead of his milestone birthday

Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 25

Charles Stepney’s music legacy lives on, thanks to his daughters ⁦@WBEZMUSIC⁩ wbez.org/music/2025/07/…

FolkYouAll's tweet card. Stepney is again getting sampled, feted and his music played at two upcoming MCA events. Plus, a new collaboration with producer Terry Hunter is buzzing in Chicago’s house scene.

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Joni Mitchell@jonimitchell · Jul 24

“In this song, I was thinking of Amelia Earhart and addressing it from one solo pilot to another… reflecting on the cost of being a woman and having something you must do.” – Joni, in conversation with the Los Angeles Times. Watch her 1983 performance of “Amelia” in honor of…

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Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 25

Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission ⁦@404mediaco⁩ 404media.co/spotify-publis…

FolkYouAll's tweet card. "They could fix this problem. One of their talented software engineers could stop this fraudulent practice in its tracks, if they had the will to do so."

Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 24

Billy Joel is one of our most popular singers. So why do so many of us hate him? ⁦@Slate⁩ slate.com/culture/2025/0…

FolkYouAll's tweet card. Even the Piano Man seems ambivalent about his success.

Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 24

Chuck Mangione, ‘Smooth Jazz’ Hitmaker With a Fluegelhorn, Dies at 84 nytimes.com/2025/07/24/art… via ⁦@nytimesmusic⁩

FolkYouAll's tweet card. Wearing his signature fedora, he won wide popularity and 14 Grammy nominations, winning twice, and scaled Billboard’s adult contemporary charts in the 1970s and ’80s.

Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 24

Disco and Classical Music: A Copacetic Couple ⁦@JSTOR_Daily⁩ daily.jstor.org/disco-and-clas…

FolkYouAll's tweet card. Despite seeming like strange dance partners, disco and classical make the best music—together.

Folk You!@FolkYouAll · Jul 24

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FolkYouAll's tweet card. Chuck Mangione, the Rochester jazz legend who created hits like "Feels So Good", has died, his attorney confirmed.