If not for the Who, Simon Townsend wouldn’t be here, nor would we. Even so, this 53-year-old singer presented an evening’s worth of original, acoustically played songs that have little to do with the Fatherband, although some of them would be […]
Do you ever feel so scared that you hold your breath waiting…hoping…for whatever it is that’s scaring you to pass by without doing you any harm? Well, that’s the kind of feeling I get watching Malcolm Holcombe play live. However […]
Moot Davis Goin’ In Hot (Crow Town Records) Like the Mavericks’ Raul Malo, Moot Davis is an old-school singer, a man who makes his music from both a selective and cerebral point of view. Consequently, the songs included on this, […]
There might not be a humongous music festival being held in Cleveland this summer, but you can capture the magic from the historical timeline of these events with a brand new, major exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame […]
I’ve been something of a standard bearer for The Fall Risk since I first heard them live, at the Ashkenaz in Berkeley, CA about two years ago. Recently, I was pleased to get an invite to come see the band […]
Yes. This is unofficial business. A fictional Americana-Roots Music Hall of Fame. So, now that we’ve made it past the latest 2014 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I thought it would be a good time tally those old votes […]
A few weeks ago, Spiers and Boden played at the Royal Northern College of Music here in Manchester as part of their final tour as a duo. As ever, it was a heartfelt and hugely-entertaining show. But Bellowhead, the frankly rather unlikely eleven-piece folk-jazz-burlesque ensemble they embarked […]
I have always considered my communication skills to be above average, delivering extensive monologues on the critical difference between the words “a” and “the”. They are NOT interchangeable. Despite my love for words and their proper use, I must admit […]
In 1969, when Country Rock was in it’s infancy, Bob Dylan had the foresight to go to Nashville AKA “Music City U.S.A” to make a new album influenced by his close friend Johnny Cash. This may or may not be […]
