It’s New Year’s Day — a clean sheet, a promise for the future, fresh beginnings — yet it finds me doing what I’ve been doing for more than 40 years, and that’s going out to listen to live music. I […]
0
A touch of Texas in New York never comes amiss, and on December 17 Billy Joe Shaver brought much more than a touch along with him and his top-flight band. Celebrated songwriter, singer, raconteur, and man who loves living, 75-year-old […]
He’s a nut. But he’s the most talented nut I’ve ever known. – Minnie Pearl Roger Miller had no off switch. In a career that took him from the dive bars of Lower Broad to the Broadway stage – amassing […]
The young ladies of Pakistan’s Fatima Jinnah Women University could not compose themselves. Word had rippled across campus that an all-female band from America was setting up in the assembly hall, and when the students got there and found the […]
Ah, but you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears, bury the rag deep in your face, for now is the time for your tears. — Bob Dylan, “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.” Some people think it’s foolish and even immoral […]
When I did an article on overlooked albums and artists deserving wider recognition last year, I was reminded of a time in 1973 when I was living and writing in the great northeast, when I would play Waylon’s “Lonesome ‘Onry and […]
The number thirteen is said to be unlucky, but not for Session Americana – tonight’s show was the thirteenth consecutive Tuesday at the Lizard Lounge for this Boston based musical collective. It was apparent from the first song that many […]
Hello folks, Here we are at the end of 2014. Where does the time go? Seems just yesterday I was writing my 2013 Christmas letter. I’ve got Miss Pumpkin curled up at my feet, Santa hat askew whilst visions of […]
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
SUBSCRIBE NOW
SUBSCRIBE NOW
