“I feel like I just witnessed history!” proclaimed local journalist for the Spartanburg Herald Journal Dan Armonaitis at the CD release party for Millbilly Blues at Hub-Bub’s The Showroom recently after opening band The Sparkletones set. I shook my head […]
To close the 2013 Americana Music Festival and Conference Lucinda Williams will perform the Rough Trade album on Sunday, September 22 at Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley. Having already been awarded its Lifetime Achievement Award, the performance celebrates the 25th anniversary of its […]
I bought Sarah Siskind’s Covered at a fundraiser for a local radio station. It was a winter evening in early 2007 and I was drinking overpriced microbrew, also part of the fundraiser. I had never heard of Sarah Siskind but […]
We leave Austin shortly after the worst heat has given room for a breeze coming in from the south and we set aim for a lesser known joint about half an hour drive east. All I know about the place […]
Man Alive! is what I would probably categorize somewhere in the “alt-folk meets haunting waltz meets country for people who don’t like country” music genre. Confused yet? Good! All you really need to know is this is good music. Driven […]
Now, I don’t blog all that often, but when I do, you know it’s worth waiting for, right? Well, eyes down and hold the frontpage: a new ‘supergroup’ is born. The as yet unnamed project has been beavering away in […]
I am quite certain every DJ worth Harry Truman’s tub of warm spit will be spinning work songs this weekend. WMKY gave me two hours this month, and though I rarely pretend to market my monthly show, this one was […]
On July 25, 1965 Bob Dylan headlined the Newport Folk Festival with some of the greatest folk singers in the world. After seeing great folk singers like Pete Seeger and others, Dylan walked on stage without his trademark Gibson acoustic guitar. He […]
An octet in itself is a huge commitment when writing charts and organizing each members part of the overall collective sound. Introductions is just that vehicle to convey composer Steve McQuarry’s colorful and emotional character. Blended textures and colors of […]
