An unfortunate recent trend in the NBA has been for fellow buddies/superstars to join forces and create “superteams”. Made popular last summer by LeBron James and Chris Bosh joining friend Dwyane Wade in Miami, the idea has been taken further […]
Review originally published on Blogcritics. Jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues: Ray Charles,” the genius,” can do it all, and do it all he does in his 1964 concert at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles originally released by ABC-Paramount […]
Every Monday morning, I post a review on an attention-grabbing album submitted via ReviewShine, and this week I’ve had the privilege to review Ben Hall’s debut album, Ben Hall!. Guitarist Ben Hall is a native of Okolona, Mississippi. His […]
Taking in three different producers and studios has worked out well for The Mountain Goats on All Eternals Deck. This unusual approach could have produced uneven results, but all those involved including death metal guitarist and producer Erik […]
March 18, 2011 A note from Garrison on reports he is retiring in the spring of 2013. “I’m in London, walking around under an umbrella with my daughter in hand, looking at fields of yellow and white daffodils, the […]
Big Sandy and his Flyrite Boys The Cluny 18th March 2011 Tonight was a big deal in local Rock and Roll circles as Californian Roots Rockers Big Sandy & the Flyrite boys returned to Newcastle in North East England, for the first […]
I’ve been listening to Cahalen Morrison & Eli West’s new album, The Holy Coming of the Storm, almost nonstop for better than a week and was planning to post a review before their hardworking promoter, Devon at Hearth Music, contacted […]
Playlist for A Patchwork Quilt Saturday 5pm-6:30pm pre-recorded originally broadcast on January 22, 2011 heard again March 26, 2011 91.7 fm KALW San Francisco 500 Mansell Street San Francisco CA 94134 http://www.kalw.org Kevin Vance, host & producer kevin_vance@yahoo.com we’re hearing […]
I recently read Nick Tosches’s Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll (New York: Da Capo, 1984), and his great work inspired me to revisit the recordings of Jimmie Rodgers. I was intrigued with the mysteries I found buried […]
Todd Snider offers his live shows for legal download shortly after the performance. For less than the price of parking at your local corporate amphitheatre or about the price of a premium beer ($7) you can buy an access card at […]
