Band Of Horses is set to release Acoustic At The Ryman February 11th. The 10-song CD (with an 11th iTunes bonus track) not only reveals a band with more depth than I expected, but is a CD I had no […]
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Accordionist Ganey Arsement’s roots are deeply embedded in Cajun culture. His great-grandfather André Doucet was as well-known for his accordion playing as he was for his blacksmithing skills. His grandparents were popular dancers who were also instrumental in the founding […]
Recently featured on CMT Edge, the Dead Winter Carpenters have just released a new EP titled Dirt Nap in advance of a month-long Northwest tour. Available for “name your price” download on bandcamp.com, Dirt Nap is an exciting step for […]
(Singer and Orator: Mahalia Jackson, wearing corsage at lower right, looks over at Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at the March on Washington.) In the speech he gave before the Lincoln Memorial at the March on Washington in August 1963, Martin Luther […]
There is great joy in the blues. It’s an irony easily overlooked. But the North Mississippi Allstars on their 2013 release, World Boogie Is Coming, bring it on so completely it’s almost overwhelming. This is not your ordinary blues-rock trio. It’s as […]
On my map, Appleton Wisconsin is about a half inch north of Milwaukee, and maybe slightly less than two inches to the right of Minneapolis. My friend Sandy Dyas was worried needlessly last night about driving back home to Iowa […]
A feather’s not a bird The rain is not the sea A stone is not a mountain But a river runs through me Rosanne Cash wrote these words before The River & The Thread was conceived, but the rest of […]
This is the best album of Rosanne Cash’s career. Powerful, poignant, and intensely personal, The River And The Thread is Cash’s musical autobiography, a mystical journey through the South on Highway 61. If you haven’t checked in in with her […]
By Ted Slowik Two of my favorite things to do are hearing great blues music and meeting cool musicians. I did both Tuesday night at Harlem Avenue Lounge in Berwyn. Harlem Avenue Lounge is a venerable institution for live music. […]
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