Last week I traveled to Great Barrington, Massachusetts for Barry McGuire’s Trippin’ the 60’s. It was a great time being at the real Alice’s Restaurant now called, The Guthrie Center. It’s a place where the past meets the present head […]
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Veteran guitar slinger Tim “too Slim” Langford gets a little help from his friends on his Sixteenth album SHIVER. Backed by the dynamic new rhythm section of Polly O’Keary (bass) and Tommy Cook (drums), Too Slim now has the solid […]
Prince’s Island Park Calgary, Alberta June 23, 2011 by Doug Heselgrave “Look at you Calgary! You’re so grown up” – kd lang from the mainstage Saturday night It’s true. Calgary has had image problems ever since I […]
When Amy Winehouse was found dead this past Saturday in her London flat, few people expressed shock or surprise. Unfortunately, the talented but troubled singer never seemed to be able to get it together, suffering from various drug, alcohol, and […]
I saw Dolly Parton for the first time last night when she came my way on her “Better Day” world tour. As the sun set on the brown summertime hills of the SF suburb of Concord, CA, Dolly came out […]
Christmas came a little early this year. Santa brought me a triple-neck Bigsby steel guitar. Well, not really Santa. More like the UPS man. And this one’s been a long time coming. From 1944 to 1963 Paul A. […]
Saturday night, as I was somewhere in the middle of a fairly packed Chastain Park in Atlanta, sweating my ass off, grooving to the surprisingly good soul music coming from Huey Lewis and the News (turns out they’re good for […]
Taken today from the WUMB home page, wumb.org 7.24.11 | In Memory – Bill Morrissey We are very sad to learn that quintessential singer-songwriter (as well as novelist and producer) and a good friend of WUMB Radio, Bill Morrissey, died […]
By Lee Zimmerman In Canada they really do say “Eh” — as in “How’s it going, eh?” or “They’re pretty good, eh?” The expression pretty much turns every statement into a question, while also ensuring that no matter what […]
In the ever accelerating cycle of fame, Amy Winehouse flashed from promising talent to celebrity morality play with a despairing speed. In just a few short years, she had become a tabloid-bait train wreck, catnip for tutt-tutting cultural commentators and […]
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