by Terry Roland There are some days in this life that are simply golden. Contacting veteran country rocker, Richie Furay, for an interview in 2007, led to a series of articles chronicling his continuing legacy over the last ten years. […]
by Terry Roland There are some days in this life that are simply golden. Contacting veteran country rocker, Richie Furay, for an interview in 2007, led to a series of articles chronicling his continuing legacy over the last ten years. […]
An uncensored version of this was originally published at MoonRunners You ever hear a song on the radio and ask yourself, as Eddie Murphy did, “Can you believe this motherf****** shit?” You know the type of song I’m talking about. It’s one […]
This article is reprinted from Ninebullets.net. Feel free to stop by and comment on the original post. This month’s show features the Ninebullets Radio/Ninebullets Podcast theme song written and performed by my buddy through music, Todd Ferrell. I’d love to […]
Glen Campbell – Live in Japan (Capitol/Real Gone, 1975/2011) Originally released only in Japan, this 54-minute DVD “Live in Japan” found Glen Campbell entertaining with a tightly-paced set at Tokyo’s Kosei Nenkin Hall in May 1975. The chart-topping run Campbell […]
I’m a big fan of Songfacts, so I found the year-end results of most requested Songfacts of 2011 quite interesting. A lot of Adele. But No. 1 was “Pumped Up Kicks,” a song I was vaguely familiar with to the […]
Part 1 of 2 on award winning singer/songwriter Craig Bickhardt At last week’s conference, one of the panelists shared a story. Early in his career he had been a radio DJ, responsible for choosing the songs that were played. “Used to be, we’d get so many […]
Back in 2010 Fire Records began marking the 25th anniversary of Howe Gelb’s legendary alternative country band Giant Sand by re-issuing the bulk of their back catalogue, writes Neonfiller.com‘s Joe Lepper. Since then each of their 16 albums between 1985 and […]
JD McPherson Signs & Signifiers **** Rock and Roll is here to stay A very good friend of mine, who is the singer in a Roots-Rock band and knows about these things, spent New Year’s Eve raving […]
Was it worth the wait for Wilco? The answer is on the way, guaranteed to arrive a lot sooner than the band’s next scheduled visit to Denver. One of America’s finest and hardest-working alternative rock/country acts is back on the […]
“You’re Gonna Miss Me” is Keven McAlester’s mesmerizing and haunting documentary about Texas cult-artist Roky Erickson. Roky rose to fame with the 13th Floor Elevators when they took the single “You’re Gonna Miss Me” (Americana connection? Check out the guy playing […]
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