(This began as a short answer to a post about the Americana Music Awards, but grew to a blog. Oops.) Reading Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poem ‘Johnny Nolan has a Patch on his Ass‘, the barracks hot because of the furnace; outside, […]
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Various Artists – This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark * (2 CD set) When writers as esteemed as John Prine, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Robert Earl Keen, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kris Kristofferson, Darrell Scott and […]
It seems there are plenty of other holiday suggestions worth noting, well beyond those I listed in my first retro reference gift guide. Therefore, last minute shoppers can take heart in knowing there are still ways to fulfil musical needs […]
It’s a few minutes before they’re supposed to take the stage and Lisa Houseman and Dave Falk are lingering by the merch stand and chatting like a couple of kids at a new school for the first time. Dave is […]
Gritty Swedish Blues from Bror Gunnar Jansson I was just complaining today about “limp-wristed” modern interpretations of hard-edged Southern roots music. This music wasn’t made for a bunch of Northerners to dress up in hokey costumes and sing “quaint” songs about […]
As any musician knows, Facebook is a nightmare these days. With a new algorithm that effectively blocks your posts from being viewed by your fans, and the constant demand to “sponsor” your content by tossing money into Zuckerberg’s greedy hands, it’s […]
1. First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar 2. Shovels and Rope – O’ Be Joyful 3. Rayland Baxter – Feathers & Fishhooks 4. The Shins – Port of Morrow 5. Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself 6. Sera Cahoone […]
I don’t write on this website very often–I read it all the time, but I don’t often write. Up until now, I’ve been content to let the professional bloggers inform me about the comings and goings in the alt-country, Americana, […]
The music world suffered some deep losses in 2012. We saw pioneering talents in nearly every genre leave this world for the great beyond: Kitty Wells, Dave Brubeck, Earl Scruggs, Etta James, Whitney Houston, MCA, Duck Dunn, Ravi Shankar and […]
Music. It means something different to each any every one of us. Much of what a specific piece of music means to an individual has to do with not only what the people creating the music have been through, but also what the listener has experienced in their […]
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