The venerable online music magazine Perfect Sound Forever ran an amazing piece this month called “Steve Earle: Sympathy For An American Terrorist,” which is an excerpt from Dorian Lynskey’s recent book “33 Revolutions Per Minute – A History of Protest […]
Friday’s cold driving rain which pelted those die-hard folk festers, who turned out in impressive numbers, called for wardrobe considerations beyond gauzy skirts, man-pris and flip-flops. The Resident Offspring pulled together a Derelicte hippie-chic ensemble that proved to be ingenious […]
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band are one damn fine way to start a festival. Big, loud, rollicking, stompy country blues delivered up with an extra helping of sass. No wonder there was a lineup all the way to the first […]
A quiet but vital presence will be absent this weekend at the annual return of the Long Beach Crawfish Festival. Just one year ago in the Guide’s coverage of that event, we wrote, “As Joel Okida observes in his page-one […]
Gretchen Peters, Matraca Berg and Suzy Bogguss play a show at a place called “Green’s Grocery” in Leiper’s Fork , Tennessee on Feb 24, 2011. There were tornado warnings out, but this great show goes on, and I am so […]
It’s taken me nearly a week to get over how soaked I got at last week’s Calgary Folk Fest. Granted, I don’t get along well with rain, but in 17 years of attending the festival, and even in the week […]
July 27, 2011 Amy Winehouse Reflecting on the life and daunting lyrics of Amy Winehouse , I feel her connection to our growing shadow of social disconnection. Amy’s real hangover came from a broken heart that didn’t find enough […]
Reprinted with permission from The Deli SF Friday through Sunday nights this weekend you can experience a few of the most buzzed about San Francisco alternative rock musicians today. Emily Jane White will play the Red Devil Lounge […]
When I started to think about what I would write about this month, I kept getting overwhelmed. The amazing experiences and acoustic music performances I was able to be a part of and witness to in June simply abound. […]
This is a post about my kickstarter project the Tremolo Train Tour http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/804802920/tremolo-train-tour?ref=live “All aboard! “ How many times has this familiar cry beckoned travelers ? It marks the beginning of an adventure by rail ,seeing new places, meeting […]
