“I know what you’re thinking — ‘Oh, it’s those guys again,’” Morells guitarist Donnie Thompson says from the stage of the Duck Room in St. Louis during a gig back in September. And it may be true that, to many […]
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“Two bands, no waiting,” boasted the flyer for this evening at the low-key Lizard Lounge. That this particular show was a joint CD release shindig for veteran New England roots-rockers Charlie Chesterman and Ray Mason was the real clincher, though. […]
Stephen Bruton has played with, written songs for, or produced albums for Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Kris Kristofferson, Elvis Costello, Delbert McClinton, Alejandro Escovedo and others. He strolled into Poor David’s Pub in Dallas just before 10pm on this night […]
At concerts, opening acts can be treated like the Rodney Dangerfields of the world: They don’t get no respect. Short sets, sound problems and inattentive audiences are among the unpleasant fates often endured by openers. On this night, Jesse Winchester […]
When navigating the winding hallways that take you to the aptly named Boo’s Hideaway, it’s tempting to bellow “Hello, Cleveland!” and ask a custodian for directions. From its tucked-away digs in the bottom corner of a large building that also […]
Some 300 fans gathered at no-smoking, BYOB, ad-hoc music venue Solar Culture, a co-op art gallery in a warehouse alongside the railroad tracks in downtown Tucson. Many more listened via the community radio station KXCI, while Rainer Ptacek fans around […]
It was an evening of giving back. After spending nearly thirteen years hosting thousands of musicians at his weekly Barndance, Ronnie Mack was the guest of honor on this night. And for good reason. Mack recently decided to end the […]
Could you, small clumps of scattered people wanted to know in the late ’80s, fuse the stripped-down, charged-up drama of alternative rock with the spare-but-straight, ragged-or-practiced-but-right expression of country music and its offshoots, and get — something else again? You’d […]
When Levon Helm was diagnosed with cancer and subsequently had his singing voice burned out by radiation treatments, most people would have expected him to hang it up and call it a day. Instead, Helm — best-known for his role […]
Nights like this probably happen all the time in Austin and Raleigh. They just don’t happen on frozen prairie November nights in Red Deer, Alberta. At least not until Kieran Kane pulled into town to perform at a tiny, sold-out […]
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