“It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day…” I sing in the car. This is about as far as I get before my sweet hubby groans, “Okay, THAT’S enough.” He knows what’s coming next: the entire five […]
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It was one of those nights when there’s just too much going on, and you have to make some choices. I was cool to juggle some stuff, but what I knew I did not want to miss was Leon Hendrix […]
Last night I noticed that a musician friend of mine had posted the following picture to his Facebook… I initially agreed with the sentiment conveyed here and I shared the photo on my Dirty Roots Radio Facebook page, with this […]
Music writer Bill Flanagan once said that when people lamented the sad state of rock music, he would tell them to go to Levon Helm’s Barn in Woodstock on a Saturday night and they would find that rock ‘n’ roll […]
President Theodore Roosevelt once called the Chautauqua “the most American thing in America.” At the latter part of the nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth century, the Chautauqua was one of the most popular shows in rural America. Though […]
Terrific live CD/DVD package of legendary Texas troubadour There’s no shortage of live albums on Billy Joe Shaver, including well-picked gigs from the ‘80s (Live from Austin, TX) and ‘90s (Storyteller: Live at the Bluebird and Unshaven: Live at Smith’s […]
Country, soul, blues and rock with a Southern twist Jimbo Mathus – most famously known as a founding member of Squirrel Nut Zippers – has long championed a bushel of roots music, including gypsy jazz, pre-war swing, ragtime, blues, country, […]
I’ve been attending theGreen River Festival, held every July in Greenfield, Massachusetts, since 2002. I was searching for someplace in western Massachusetts to take my mother on a hot air balloon ride for her birthday. It was something she said […]
The Chouse is a former church that has been converted into a private home and for many years a post Woody Guthrie Folk Festival tradition has been Don Conoscenti’s concert in these wonderful surroundings. With people still around after the […]
No way is this a debut album. Nobody comes fresh out of the gate singing the blues like this. And she’s Austrian, for cryin’ out loud. But she ain’t no Maria Von Trapp, and this ain’t The Sound of Music. […]
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