With Thanksgiving upon us, I started thinking about how grateful I am for the role music has played in my life. As much as I love film, the visual arts, craft traditions, and the written word, I feel music might […]
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. HAPPY THANKSGIVING ! As we all prepare our turkey demolition plans, we’re thankful for the WONDERFUL abundance of live music – as members of the audience and when we’re on stage – and we’re thankful for ALL the good […]
After 2 days of workshopping and performing at Idyllwild, the company of Cabaret of Souls returned to Los Angeles for the most theatrical presentation of the work yet, presented by UCLA Live at the lovely Royce Hall. Find more photos […]
Have a great Holiday courtesy of James McMurtry! Now granny she’s yelling She’s ready to eat She’s havin’ conniptions ‘Cause they won’t take their seats But she’s got ‘em all gathered now under one roof With her camcorder loaded She’s […]
Check out this list of just some of the great items available for auction: First day issue stamps of Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead Frankenstein Hand-Signed Lithograph by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley, Autographed Monkees Lunch […]
Total disclosure: I have not heard either of the two albums I will be talking about. I have listened to the singles from the albums and read some reviews from authors and publications I respect, but I haven’t heard them […]
Review by Douglas Heselgrave Jerry Garcia meant many things to many different people and the pressure took its toll on him. By 1987, he had long outgrown the ‘Captain Trips’ persona that he was saddled with at the height of […]
About four or five years ago, my friend Bill invited me to a show at The Ark: a history laden folk/roots music venue in my home state of Michigan. Knowing my taste in music better than most, he guaranteed I […]
A repost from my blog Now This Sound Is Brave: Today, Jennifer shows us how far Glen Hansard has come from And And Fucking And. (I don’t have a long memory, I just happen to have re-watched The Commitments recently.) […]
by Nick DeRiso We know Charlie Haden as the bass-playing ground wire on scores of jazz’s more important works — not least of which was his late 1950s turn with the shape-shifting improvisational genius Ornette Coleman. Later, Haden was memorably […]
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