My friend and his family live in Newtown Connecticut and his daughter attends Sandy Hook Elementary School. I haven’t seen him in quite a few years but we keep in touch the way people do these days, via Facebook. He […]
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Some good stuff this year, but not such a great strike rate of americana icons as 2011. Surprisingly (to me) my list includes some Brits, or should I say Europeans, this year. 1. Phantom Limb – The Pines: like the […]
I have no idea if this is at all appropriate for the No Depression music community. I fully realize that what the world doesn’t need right now is one more voice talking about the school shooting today in Connecticut. But […]
Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of the most iconic of the Southern Rock Bands from the 70’s era still performing today. Not many of the original members still left, I saw the original lineup in June of ’77 at RFK stadium […]
Already sick of all the cheesy holiday music spinning on repeat at grocery stores, drug stores, and on major radio stations? Well Bay Area rising chamber-pop musician Laura Weinbach has an answer for you. Pick up a copy of her […]
I never did know Billy Marlowe, but through the songs that Steve Satterwhite New Tex Records recorded that summer on this collection, I really have grown a feeling for the man and now feel I share, in some measure, the […]
While we all have lists in our heads for numerous things, the first time I did one for publication was in 1973 while I was in college and writing for a Philadelphia paper . That list included, in random order, […]
I was born in 1977 – the year Elvis died – which places me squarely in the middle of generations X and Y. Before Generation X came into its own (i.e. aged to a point where its members could run […]
With anybody else, releasing three albums in a year would be overkill. In addition, cutting more tracks on an artist he’s already covered in a previous tribute album, ‘07’s On The Jimmy Reed Highway, would also be too much exposure […]
The final three. I said in previous posts that I’m not always interested in the emotional content of my top ten; sometimes a well-crafted song will win out over anything else. This group, though, appeals to both sides of me, […]
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