So, who is Jason Moran, really? Well, seems he took his MacArthur “genius” Fellowship and began messin’ with folks, in his latest musical project. For part of the show, he transforms into the Harlem Renaissance pianist-singer-songwriter Fats Waller, wearing a giant caricature head. If you […]
Nearly a quarter century has passed since Warner Brothers issued the excellent Storyteller, which covers all the bases of Rod Stewart’s career up to 1990 but features only a few previously unreleased goodies. Finally, though, the record company has unlocked […]
Church was brought to The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ the Saturday before Easter with guest sermons by Jonny “Two Bags” Wickersham, Jake Smith aka The White Buffalo, and Chuck Ragan. Not to practice sacrilege but the night had […]
This weeks medicine show we welcome Danni Nicholls, talks about recording in Nashville with Chris Donahue, I play a track from the album and she sings a couple more, we feature tours with Madison Violet, & Fraser Anderson, I have new music from Willie Campbell, Lachlan […]
BLACK PRAIRIE Fortune (Sugar Hill) By now, Black Prairie has clearly outgrown its roots as a casual side project, solidifying into a primary, creative focus for its members a band with its own internal momentum, genuine character and style. Still, […]
April 20, 2014 was the last Sunday Social in the third season at The Frog Pond at Blue Moon Farm in Silverhill, Alabama. If the season had to end, Cathe Steele closed it out the right way with The Mulligan Brothers and […]
“It’s better to burn out than to fade away,” Neil Young so memorably sang in his “Hey Hey, My, My (Into the Black),” the song that famously provides the counterpart to his “My, My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)” […]
So, I did the Record Store Day thing on Saturday, late afternoon when the crowds had died down… A new four track EP from Bruce Springsteen, a nice live album from Chris Forsyth, but I think the cream of the crop is a lovingly-produced […]
At her February release show for sophomore album This Is Home, Amy Black fronted a band that included Spooner Oldham and David Hood. This is the same Spooner Oldham who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in […]
