Listen: WRIU’s “The Kingston Coffeehouse”

[ Pictured ] Master of the Hawaiian slack-key guitar Gabby Pahinui; ‘American Primitive guitar shredder Gwenifer Raymond, Legendary country bluesman Mississippi John Hurt; Icelandic singer-songwriter Ólöf Arnalds 

THE KINGSTON COFFEEHOUSE July 29, 2025
By Michael Stevenson

I had the privilege of hosting WRIU’s “Kingston Coffeehouse this week, and a fine time was had by all. We played choice cuts from ’60s-era Greenwich Village; a set of country-bluesman Mississippi John Hurt’s music; my favorite covers of Mr. Bob Dylan; traditional Hawaiian music; ‘American Primitive’ guitar thrashings; and two new voices from Ireland’s “trad music” scene. Give a listen.

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