A lot of singers mellow as they wind down the years, relying on past hits and covers to fill any new album that may come along. Not so Billy Joe Shaver. At 75 he’s doing what he’s always done best […]
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A little bit of news to kick it off this week: it appears that eighty year old Leonard Cohen is going to pass for the moment on touring in support of his latest album, but as a nice marketing gesture […]
One ecstatic fan in Dingwall summed it up for me in one sentence “You play the music we only ever get to read about in books”. I had the great good fortune to spend three days on the road […]
There have been countless books written about Elvis Presley and/or the early years of Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. But a new book by someone who was there (for a time, at least) sheds some new light on the tiny […]
The Grammy Museum had Lucinda Williams on stage last night for an interview and a few songs. This event s=was for the release of Lucinda’s 11th studio album “Where the Spirit Meets the Bone”. Lucinda is undoubtedly on her own […]
Martin Scorsese captured something of Paul Butterfield’s singular stature in the way he framed the harmonica player’s appearance in The Last Waltz. Following an interlude in which The Band recounts meeting Sonny Boy Williamson near the end of his life in […]
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Please Return the Evening: The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Salute the Music of the Rat Pack (Space Age Bachelor Pad Records) Somewhat of a surprise, The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies latest opus, Please Return the Evening: The Cherry Poppin’ […]
Gram was standing outside as we talked, cell phone pressed to his ear. “Hold on a minute,” he said abruptly. An air horn announced the imminent arrival of a train that would rumble loudly through Guthrie, Oklahoma, then fade quickly and quietly […]
An informal survey of a handful of audience members yielded the following results: an overwhelming number of people were in attendance to see Norah Jones. However, there was one couple that sheepishly admitted that they were there because “they liked […]
Whether it is flamenco in Madrid, old-time fiddle in Virginia or even a bit of Austro-Bavarian jodeln in Munich, travel is so much better if you explore the roots music of wherever you are. Thus it was a delight when I went to Istanbul recently […]
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