Ryan Adams’ thirteenth studio album starts out promising. But just as his last dozen or so records, after the first two tracks, something gets lost. It could be concentration. It could be passion. Adams’ best work has always had […]
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Review: John Prine “The Singing Mailman Delivers” John Prine proves that the postman always does ring twice with his latest, The Singing Mailman Delivers. Take John Prine, put him in a room, give him a guitar, hook up a microphone […]
Let’s get down to brass tacks, the debut self-titled album from North Carolina’s Mount Moriah is good. The songs live in a space between introspection and the exultation of personal things one usually should not talk about in certain company. This is one of […]
by Nick DeRiso It was the first John Prine song I ever heard, and it still sends shivers of sad wonder. Learning more about his life around the time that “Hello In There” was composed only gives me a […]
by Terry Roland (photo credit to Giovianni Gullicci) She comes down from Yellow Mountain On a dark, flat land she rides On a pony she named Wildfire With a whirlwind by her side On a cold Nebraska night There […]
Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman has been all over the place alongside Occupiers, helping them to be heard. In fact, he opened his sold out return home show last night at The Troubadour by saying, “I’m The Nightwatchman, and this has […]
“Give Me The Banjo” Airs November 4th on PBS The Banjo Project: The Story of America’s Instrument is a trans-media cultural odyssey: “Give Me the Banjo,” a major television documentary airing nationally on PBS in November 2011, a […]
Since I spilt my time between NYC and Durham, NC, I’ve been meaning to start a blog somewhere to write about all the music I see. I am doing that. Eventually this will have original content. But today a friend pointed […]
DI3 started out at the Dave Isaacs Trio: me up front and a rhythm section behind me. Pretty typical power-trio setup, with the guitar hero up front and the bassist and drummer kicking things along. I led the band, booked […]
Lionel Richie, the man who gave us such pop standards as “Say You, Say Me” and “Three Times A Lady,” is readying his country debut. Next March, Mercury Nashville will release Tuskegee, Richie’s country duets album. His singing “pardners” will […]
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