He's always helping folk. And I kind of thought, what can I do? Because I'm not cut out in the same way as they are. They're from nursing backgrounds, whereas I thought, what's my talent or ability?
Folk music always had a propensity for elevating the common man – from sweet baby James, alone in his saddle, to the narrator of “Clay Pigeons,” riding the bus next to a “lady with two or three kids” ...
Lithuanian-American siblings Vija and Dovas Lietuvninkas have been singing traditional Lithuanian folk music since they can remember. “One of my earliest memories in general is of my grandfather ...