Suzy Bogguss is moving back to her country roots on her next record but that doesn’t mean she’s abandoning the folk side of her sound. Her 2011 release of American Folk Songbook showed a different side of the much-honored singer-songwriter […]
Poor John Lennon. Turns out, long after suffering much criticism for his “Beatles are more popular than Jesus” comment, he might be right. Or is he? In a strange twist involving department politics and funding, I have been assigned our […]
Much has already been written about the excellent new album Get Up! from Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite. But enough good cannot be said, so I’m gonna chime in too, since I’m listening to it right now, tripping out at […]
Much has been made about the somber content of Kris Kristofferon’s latest album – out today on his own KK Records label. The thing IS called “Feeling Mortal”, after all. Right out of the gate he indicates, a cappella for […]
English Folk Legend enjoys himself It’s all too easy to say you like Richard Thompson’s music, but in my opinion it’s impossible to like everything he has recorded. Personally, I never liked Fairport Convention; but loved quite a bit of […]
Mali’s broken heart strings played for the world to hear During the worst days of the region’s civil war, a lone cello player named Vedran Smailovic offered his music to the chill morning air as families, commuters and hungry people […]
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Feeling Mortal (KK) Kristofferson and producer Don Was spent three days recording Feeling Mortal, cutting 20 songs and picking 10, then bolstering the basic tracks with stellar instrumental work from guitarist Mark Goldenberg, pedal steel master Greg Leisz, […]
If you’ve ever been to Jazz Fest or SXSW, you’ve seen these guys, usually looking like they’ve slept under a bridge, climb up on stage and just blow the doors off anything and anybody lurking nearby. Baton Rouge hell raisers […]
MY LIFE WITH MARILYN MONROE Ok. The title exaggerates somewhat, but it attracted your attention, didn’t it? And though brief, my contacts with Marilyn Monroe will stay with me always. They already have for more than 55 years, haven’t they? […]
