Dear Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, Museum, and voting members: It’s a shame that at a time when we should be celebrating and ecstatic, many folks are unhappy and bewildered with the Hall of Fame Induction Class of […]
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The Monotrol Kid – What About the Finches (Songs & Whispers, 2011) The Monotrol Kid (born Erik van den Broeck) is a Belgian folksinger who’s gigged around Europe and released a single (“Almost”), EP (Today was a Good Day), and […]
The first time I met Hubert Sumlin he made me laugh and cry. You couldn’t help but laugh when he’d solo. His guitar screamed then mumbled then stuttered then slurped. Often he’d remove his hands from the instrument and shrug […]
“Bound to Lose” by The Far West Sin City Spotlight The Far West Texas Twang meets California Country Rock By Courtney Sudbrink, Managing Editor Turnstyled JunkpiledTurnstyled Junkpiled This is an exciting time for Los Angeles music. On the outside of […]
In 1937, the former slave Kisey McKimm, born around 1853 in the state of Kentucky, told the Federal Writer’s Project reporter what most of the slave histories confirm: “De great day on de plantation, was Christmas, when we all got […]
Lyle Lovett brought his Acoustic Group to Houston, Texas tonight to close out his touring schedule for 2011. Being a native of the Houston area and an icon of the Houston music scene since his early days playing at clubs […]
The folks at Planet Bluegrass just announced the preliminary lineup for the 39th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival from June 21-24, 2012. No major surprises yet (although k.d. lang is making her first appearance there) and lineup additions are still to […]
Today, just five days before Christmas, U.S. President Barack Obama held a ceremony to conclude the Iraq War. But battles sometimes come to a standstill even without official sanction, as John McCutcheon sang about on his 1984 album Winter Solstice. […]
This is the ninth in a series of blog entries about the songs on the upcoming album Hello Cruel World, to be released January 2012. Originally posted at www.gretchenpeters.com/blog. i worship no idol i seek no god i don’t believe […]
Last October I had the rare opportunity to have a brief breakfast with Jimmie Dale Gilmore and the late-great Warren Hellman in Nashville. I expected Warren to be somewhat high-powered and even a bit intimidating, but instead, he was self-effacing, […]
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