Just saw the news that Etta James passed away today. Her great album “At Last” was a pivotal album in my music discovery. Thanks for the music Etta, may you rest in peace. Excerpt from an article on Billboard: James, […]
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Remember that “If They Mated” segment on Conan O’Brien’s talk show? Well, imagine what mild-mannered Nashville singer-songwriters Trent Dabbs and Amy Stroup are capable of producing when they get together, though not in that way. After all, Dabbs already has […]
Bap KennedyThe Sailors RevengeProper Music PRPCDX093 ***** AH Irish singer-songwriter delivers his masterpiece. Bap Kennedy has the ability to take the merest thread of a story and spin it into a tale of such epic proportions it leaves the casual […]
Johnny Otis 1921 – 2012 R&B musician and bandleader Johnny Otis joined the heavenly band today after 90 years on earth. Otis was a unique character in the history of roots music. He was born to Greek immigrants in Vallejo, […]
Burbank, CA (January 9, 2012)—Capturing the creative muse in portraiture has long been a fascination of artists throughout the centuries. Training their pens, paints and cameras on their colleagues and peers, these intimate sketches offer the viewer a sneak peek […]
Artist: The Mallet Brothers Band Album Title: The Mallet Brothers Band The Mallett Brothers Band are so deeply steeped in backwoods folk that their music literally conjures images of swamp land, decaying cabins, and tall mountains. Those descriptions may sound […]
I’ve been asked recently to write reviews for various publications and sometimes asked to limit myself to 150 words. This is not easy. It’s quite hard to tell an album’s story in such a small space. But it’s also great […]
January 2012 By W.J. Hallock Three Tall Pines – All That’s LeftIndependentReleased: 2011 The four gentlemen in this band all should have been born about 100 years ago. Their melodies, lyrics, sound, feel, instrumentation and singing all hearken back to […]
Many thanks to all who read, commented on and circulated my magnum opus about the first Concert for Civility, Respect and Understanding organized by Jackson Browne last March to memorialize the victims and the emotional impact on our community of […]
PRESS RELEASE: Modern Jug Band SANKOFA To Release The Uptown Strut On March 27th Via Kingswood Records Album Features Dom Flemons of Carolina Chocolate Drops, Professor Louie And John Sebastian of The Lovin’ Spoonful New York, NY: In February 2006, […]
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