I drove to Portland last night, a ninety mile jaunt on a beautiful sunny evening, to see a band almost no one knows in this neck of the woods. Picture The Ocean is at present traversing the US and Canada, […]
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This year marks the 200th anniversary of the United States’ failed invasion of Canada. Our schoolbooks don’t describe the War of 1812 that way, but the Canadians, though quite friendly, have a different angle on it. They also know that, […]
Making his third visit to the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, Amos Lee was on his way to another workmanlike performance as the closing act on a fun-filled Saturday. The Philly steak, rattle and soul brother already had the sold-out crowd […]
Recently, I bought my first ever ticket to a Rush concert. I saw the ad in the paper, screeched about it for a minute, bought a ticket online. Then I jumped around the house. A lot. My parents were around at […]
Roving troubadours Mulholland and Ward started out as youthful friends in their native Glasgow but they’ve both wandered over many miles and through several musical adventures before getting together again to record this set of songs, their mature response to […]
“I know when I’m writing something and I just get this feeling that comes over me,” singer/songwriter Megan Reilly explains. “And that’s really spiritual and powerful. “But it doesn’t always come,” she says in the next breath, “and that’s frustrating.” The […]
Second album of covers from devout Texas traveler Texas is a big place. Big enough for musical stars to develop careers that barely touch the distant lands on the state’s borders. Pat Green was born in San Antonio, raised in […]
From the San Francisco Examiner archives:John Lee Hooker on Cadillacs, jamming with the King and Mike Piazza… HOOK SHOTSCRAIG MARINE, OF THE EXAMINER STAFF Published 4:00 a.m., Sunday, September 10, 1995 John Lee Hooker has the blues. No, I mean, he […]
Political comedy in song is a rare thing. While there is an overload of political satirists, especially among stand-up comedians, it’s hard to find talented singer-songwriters who devote themselves to comedy. Then again, there are many politically driven topical songwriters […]
I asked Boo Hanks to sign the photograph, and then watched as he took up the pen. Each letter of his name was slowly and carefully formed; the “B” and “H” stand ramrod straight. There are no flourishes, no vanity […]
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