The German Rock music television series Rockpalast (Rock Palace) which began broadcasting rock concerts in 1974 and still continues today is releasing a series of DVD’s and CD’s of performances by the likes of John Cale, Michael Schenker from the […]
You might have noticed, if you ever turn on a television, that there seems to be a bit of a bullying problem lately. There were those six suicides which resulted from bullying. Today, the news was talking about a young […]
So a couple of weeks ago I mentioned that on Me, Myself, Music and Mysteries one of the artist that I listened to on that Folk Monday was Rob Lutes. Over those last weeks I’ve listened to Lutes’ album Truth […]
By Nathan Moore “I remember you playing in Eugene thirty years ago,” an audience member recently exclaimed to folksinger and multi-instrumentalist Chico Schwall after a performance at the Fort George Brewery in Astoria, Oregon. The elated man then turned to […]
Howdy, I just released episode 18 of the Taproot Radio Podcast featuring an interview and music from Greg Humphreys. Greg was the front man for Dillon Fence back in the heyday of Chapel Hill’s alt.country scene. Currently he’s the front […]
I was listening to …ahem…Taylor Swift’s new CD yesterday and the song “Dear John” seemed to be almost litigious in its teen-angst honesty and commentary on one of Ms. Swift’s relationships – and it got me thinking – what other […]
Wow, I think Buffalo Springfield might have made up for 43 years of silence. One hour of pretty much the best acoustic rock you could ask for. What I really liked: 1. Neil and Stills’ acoustic picking, though Neil had […]
(Jambase) Willie Nelson, ?uestlove of The Roots, and Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips are among the dozen musicians involved with the “Pledge to Vote” campaign staged by HeadCount, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes electoral participation. Each artist recorded […]
When I sing along with Bonnie Raitt and John Prine to “Angel from Montgomery” off of John Prine Live at the top of my lungs in the car every morning on the way to work, I pretend the applause at […]
Although he grew up the son of a Tennessee fiddler*, documentary filmmaker Stewart Copeland readily admits that up until a few years ago he “knew very little about old-time and traditional music and even less about traditional dance.” Then a […]
