Heard the lone whistle blow You know it blows just like it won’t blow no more. I went down to the railroad station, you know I looked up on the schedule board I didn’t see no train coming, I didn’t […]
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I returned to my regular hangout at the Funky Biscuit almost two weks ago and saw another fascinating night of music. It was a night of surprises, among other things. I came to seee The Band of Heathens, who are […]
One of the most enjoyable aspects of going to listen to live music is discovering an artist in the early stages of their career and seeing them develop over a period of time. I first saw Anaïs Mitchell perform just […]
“It’s a magnificent, career-defining set, full of hard-won wisdom, assertive independence – and compassion in abundance.” Independent newspaper. Lucinda Williams’ new album Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone isn’t strictly speaking a blues album – but it’s suffused with […]
Sunny Sweeney is grinning, leaning across the conference table at her publicist’s Music Row office to display an image on her phone. She’s pulled up her website and navigated to a particular T-shirt she sells as merch. “There it is,” […]
A national newspaper previewing Jackson Browne’s London show referred to him as “the ultimate ’70s L.A. songwriter”, which suggested that he is one of those performers who live on past glories. Nothing could be further from this mark. His latest […]
Days, up and down they come Like rain on a conga drum Forget most, remember some But don’t turn none away Everything is not enough Nothing is too much to bear Where you been is good and gone All you […]
Once again I was late to a party. I’d been keeping track of The Black Lillies for a couple of years via You Tube and Facebook and such, but I had never seen them. So on a moonless, rainy November […]
Not a full scale review but just some comments on a wonderful 90-minute set from one of my favorite roots bands, The Black Lillies from Knoxville, Tn. First, you can tell these folks have been real road warriors since 2009 […]
You should know that this first paragraph was written after I wrote what follows below. So that you don’t scratch your head and wonder what the hell I may be thinking about posting this on a website devoted to the […]
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