Recorded at the famed Soundstage Studio A at Chicago public television station WTTW, this program captures the fun and exhilaration of a live concert featuring both original and traditional Celtic music performed in an exciting style unique to Switchback. Brian […]
The Tribeca Film Festival swings through Los Angeles this weekend and I got the opportunity to watch a couple of the fest’s music-related movies. The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia continues the cinematic legacy of the White family. […]
1. Jamey Johnson made his name writing songs, both for other artists (George Strait, Joe Nichols) and from his breakout sophomore record That Lonesome Song. Songwriters are able to step off the path that singers and entertainers are forced to […]
Nice Sbd/Matrix from Girls, Guns & Glory (One of the last shows w/Colt Thompson): http://www.archive.org/details/ggg2009-10-23.sbd.schoeps.flac16 Booker T and the MGs – Groningen 2009 (FM): http://tinyurl.com/24tfubp Life philosophy: http://blog.yimmyayo.com/post/717744034 Coming soon – 16 discs of rare Hank Williams: http://tinyurl.com/2fmotny Sharon Jones’ […]
As the temperature sank Sunday night the realization sank in. Telluride 2010 was just about history and the majority of us would go back to our cubefarms in a day or so with just memories. But first there was a […]
http://redbeetrecords.com/ I don’t know what the general opinion of sampler records is but I’ve always had a bit of a thing for them. It’s a pig in a poke, of course, even if you know some of the names on […]
Due to some keen marketing and a barrage of advance press, most rock fans now know the back story of Mojo, Tom Petty’s long-awaited return to the studio with his legendary band, The Heartbreakers. Recorded live, mostly on the first […]
Not exactly a book for your night stand. This is a small but heavy treatise from the Barrelhouse Blues series that has brought us a number of excellent volumes chronicling various aspects of the Blues. This volume, written by Paul […]
 Johnny Mathis croons Yom Kippur songs, Temptations groove out on “Fiddler on the Roof”. . . INTERPLAY OF JEWISH CULTURE AND BLACK MUSIC CHRONICLED ON ‘BLACK SABBATH: THE SECRET MUSICAL HISTORY OF BLACK-JEWISH RELATIONS ‘ CD compilation with deluxe […]
In honor of Kris Kristofferson’s 74th birthday today, I share with you the story of getting to meet the man that set me on a long long path of looking for unusually wonderful men … And he’s a tough act […]
