Billed as “Emmylou Harris, the Mavericks and more,” this taping for the PBS series “Sessions At West 54th” promised a considerable range of possibilities as to who “more” would be. Waiting in line to get in, it seemed everyone either […]
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When Steve Earle shows up at a guitar pull wearing a freshly pressed shirt and looking downright respectable, you know something unusual is going on. But there he was, hair neatly combed, headlining the concert portion of a two-day tribute […]
If someone wandered into Roseland Ballroom on the night of the Buddy Holly Rock & Roller Dance Party without knowing what this concert was all about, the confused soul might have had trouble deciding who was being saluted. Sure, there […]
The artistic burden of carrying a mythic, pioneering band’s legacy on one’s shoulders can be overwhelming. Or, as David Crosby once put it, “The Byrds — that’s some heavy shit, man.” At this celebratory show, Chicago native and ex-Byrds frontman […]
Billed as a Kitty Wells show, this was really more than that, with segments featuring the current version of the Tennessee Mountain Boys and her son Bobby Wright as well as Kitty and her husband Johnnie. Her band, some of […]
As anyone who’s heard Alex Chilton’s Live In London knows, the mercurial singer can be both brilliant and erratic within the same show. On this Saturday evening in front of 150 or so fans, however, the former Big Star frontman […]
Old-time music mostly returns to the present with a patina of dust, accumulated either inside the windowless conservatory or layering the worn 78s (and inevitably stilted performances) that preserve it. Too often it is forgotten that these songs were once […]
This Saturday night triple bill was an evening of men with songs in their hearts, each one with their own style, yet each with a commanding stage presence. Long associated with the Austin scene and one of its very best […]
Nevermind that critics and the man himself express doubts as to his vocal abilities. A stunning and literary songsmith, invoking of the listener to “fill your heart with words I know,” with quiet yet swift surety Dave Schramm shepherds us […]
Most people who know of Harry Smith know him as the mastermind behind Folkways’ Anthology Of American Folk Music, the sprawling 1952 compilation that tapped the primitive side of pop music’s Depression-era zeitgeist and inspired such latter-day troubadours as Bob […]
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