From the liner notes: “A Sergeant Oliver of the Sixth Black Watch was shot… when he went forward in violation of orders not to fraternize with the enemy on Christmas Day, 1915. (Sentries on both sides had been ordered to […]
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I went on to youtube last night and saw the newest Justin Timberlake advertised on the main page. Unable to resist anything to do with JT, I watched it. Bear with me; this post isn’t really about him. He’s the […]
Hearth Note: The Shiftless Rounders came on to the scene back when MySpace was all the rage, and they had a remarkably compelling byline that excited my youthful imagination: “If Kurt Cobain had been from West Virginia….” And then I […]
By Martin Jones “The best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced.” That’s how Dr John has described James Booker. Booker is consistently referenced as a significant influence by New Orleans musicians. He played with the […]
Amos Lee goes Nashville? You better believe it! Travelling down to Music City to record with Jay Joyce and enlisting guests like Alison Krauss, Patty Griffin, Jerry Douglas and Mickey Raphael, Lee blends his Philadelphia soul with a little twang […]
Singing for the sake of the song: Steve Earle & his Dukes bring The Low Highway to Toronto Beyond fellow Texan Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle’s biggest influences are Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. These troubadours traveled America’s low highway before […]
Last week, a good friend of mine and I went up to Sellersville to see one of my favorite Bluegrass groups, The Grascals. I have been listening to them for quite some time, but never got the chance to see them in […]
Tom Wilson’s LeE HARVeY OsMOND project received no shortage of praise last year. Doug Heselgrave wrote about The Folk Sinner here last year. After touring pretty steadily since it’s release, Wilson finally brought the band and the album to Vancouver’s Venue. Wilson was in […]
This week’s Medicine Show syndicated Health & Happiness Hour marks the passing of Lou Reed of coarse, and featured an interview with and track from the new Red Pine Timber Company, CD I look at The Adventures Cigarbox Don, with music from The Slim Panatellas, plus some Skiffle from The Railroad Bill Skiffle […]
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