Somewhere 32,000 feet above West Virginia, I sat in a crammed small airplane reading notes from famed folklorist Alan Lomax’s southern journey in the late 1950s. As the plane started its gradual and bumpy descent into the New York City […]
In 1952, when Elvis Presley was still a young man, there was a big & brave lady who recorded Leiber & Stoller’s composition…”Hound Dog.” Yes, she was the first one to lay it down and it went to number one […]
Friday wraps up a good concert year for me. These years happen rarely; the last one was 2008, when I got to see George Jones, Jim White, Pete Seeger, NKOTB, and even the Yoshida Brothers (okay, that was a bit […]
TweelX, a new innovative publishing company for songwriters, anchored by new country singer Ty Bates, songwriters Jim Reilley and Stephanie Quayle has just debuted their latest techno gadget for songwriters and performers. It was standing room only when friends and […]
“It’s my first visit to West Africa, but I’m pretty sure it’s gonna feel like comin’ home,” Eric Bibb sings on his latest, Brothers in Bamako, a collaboration with Malian Habib Koite. It’s a great matchup: Bibb’s warm, buttery, soulful […]
“Fame doesn’t take away the pain, it just pays the bills” If only. Fame won’t fix the tour van or even gas it up. It won’t pay for the hotel rooms. In some dives it won’t even buy the drinks. […]
Now that we’re knocking on the door of 2012’s final month (and maybe the last month of the world, if you believe in fairytales), the time has come to compile a list of the year’s best music. Each year, we […]
JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT Live From Alabama (Lightning Rod) Since leaving the Drive-By Truckers in ’07, Isbell has released more albums with his current group, the 400 Unit, than he did with his old band. Live In Alabama, in […]
3-CD overview of America’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band As a band whose albums, singles and live performances were equally exciting, it can be argued that Creedence Clearwater Revival remains the greatest group in American rock ‘n’ roll history. Whether […]
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