Vintage Trouble Sage Gateshead 13 Dec 2011 Alan Harrison I can’t remember the last time I saw a band twice in 6 months, if indeed ever but the chance to see Vintage Trouble play the three storey Hall 2 at […]
0
I’m stopping 20 miles short of calling this list a “best of” list. As the stacks upon stacks of cds in my computer room would show, there’s so much music from 2011 I didn’t hear that it’s impossible for me […]
Authenticity is not necessarily the sole province of the author. Rather it seems writers/composers/ architects/painters perform most spectacularly in the theater of the imagination—the farther they stretch, the higher they soar. Yet I remain fixated on the authenticity of the […]
Decades of cleverly witty parodies and hilarious Grammy-winning recordings grace the résumé of Jim Kimo West, the long-time guitarist for Weird Al Yankovic. However, on his own West opts for a different approach, experimenting with slack-key guitar instrumentals that help define […]
Dear Etta, Well, as of this morning, you’re in the hospital being kept alive with a breathing machine while your family battles over your estate. Ouch. Probably not what you had hoped your final days would look like. I’m really […]
From Sun209: Chuck Mead of BR5-49 recently wrapped up recording “Back at the Quonset Hut,” recorded entirely at the Music Row landmark. The Quonset Hut was the site where “El Paso,” “Crazy” and “King of the Road” were recorded. It’s an […]
When the Grammy Awards were announced, I posted something on Facebook with a link to the nominees. Someone commented asking me if I knew who Linda Chorney was. I did not. Had never heard of her. My inclination was to […]
If you hated my Taylor Swift post, just wait till I post a link on this – I’m interviewing Linda Chorney in a couple of hours. This should get y’all REALLY riled up. Anyone have any suggested questions?
“I got the Weary Blues And I can’t be satisfied.” – Langston Hughes When I discover, as I often do, all of the glaring omissions in my awareness of the long roster of baby boomer-era musicians, I always wonder how […]
Los Angeles-based roots rock and electro trash duo Restavrant have created a visionary and positively indiosyncratic sound which involves both sides of the musical coin, so to speak. With bluesy slide guitar and countrified pickin’, gritty megaphone vocal delivery, harmonica, the layers provided by loop station programming, the catchy electric vibe of a keyboard, […]
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
SUBSCRIBE NOW
SUBSCRIBE NOW
