A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican June 22, 2012 A couple of years ago a trio of roots-rock heroes — Contemporary blues growler Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers, etc.) and Luther […]
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BUDDY’S BASS PLAYER He was born Wayland Arnold Jennings in Littlefield, Texas on June 15, 1937. The name Gaylon came up first, but his dad was William Albert and they wanted to stick with the W.A. initials. By age fourteen, […]
By Terry Roland It may seem hard to believe there was a time, not so long ago, when a small local town depended more on the live music of a weekly dance hall show than computers, radios or television for […]
With summer shining, it’s time to make plans, and fast, before the fleece pops back out and the leaves start falling. This brings me to memories of last year when I was fortunate enough to spend some time in Port […]
Pretty much the only time I would listen to instrumental music as I was growing up in the fifties and sixties would be at the beginning or end of a radio show. All of the rock ‘n’ roll disc jockeys […]
I read somewhere that Wednesday was actually a second longer than Thursday, meaning that June 21 was not the solstice. I can’t say for sure one way or the other, particularly since a day at Telluride Bluegrass often starts before the sun and ends […]
T-Ride’s wonderful community radio station KOTO is streaming much of the bluegrass festival through Sunday. While not all performers opt to stream, a great many do and fine San Juan ear candy is guaranteed. Their regular programming is most interesting as […]
Back bar of Tootsies looks a little like a Hell hole, Not dark enough for the worn in – or worn out, depending on your perspective – room to have the dingy romanticism of authenticity, its mostly a sad little […]
by Dan King On a recent field trip to Zia Records, I discovered two albums in the Bluegrass/Americana section that would fit the criteria for review on Prescription Bluegrass. One was Leonard Cohen’s “Old Ideas” and the other was […]
When a split recording is released in the world of one-man bands, it is usually something more than a little worthwhile. In the case of the new split between Scottish bluesman Sleepy Eyes Nelson and American singer/songwriter Slate Dump, “Covered […]
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