Does Dom Flemons have any limits on his talent? Not that I can tell. For his show at the Sellersville Theater in Pennsylvania, Flemons brought his fantastic array of skills to the stage in a way that was so comfortable and effortless, he made it […]
I promised myself I wouldn’t do a full review of this whole concert and I really won’t, because I’ve written about the consistently remarkable Tedeschi-Trucks Band extensively in the last couple years. So, frequent readers of my ND contributions (small […]
Dig into the résumé of folk singer-songwriter Bill Staines and there’s one item that sticks out. It’s not the fact that he’s now in his 50th year as a professional musician. It’s not that his catalog of songs has been […]
By now, it’s almost a cliché, but the truth seems incontestable. Jason McNiff may be the best artist no one’s heard of yet, at least outside the U.K. That’s the assessment that was recently affirmed by Mojo, a leading U.K. […]
Imagine my delight during a recent U.S visit to be given a complete set of trading cards dedicated to the “Pioneers of Country Music”. Then add the joy of discovering that they were drawn by the great counter-culture illustrator R. Crumb. First, the […]
While Hawaiian music has become mostly overlooked in Americana-roots music culture, it has influenced much of popular mainland music including rock, blues, jazz, folk and country music on the over the last century with its emphasis on instruments like the lap steel, electric […]
The best rock concert Run River North guitarist Joe Chun ever saw was his first. He will never forget Coldplay in July 2009 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. “I was blown away by the production and the […]
Bruce Cockburn is a music legend. Hailed as a “virtuoso on guitar” by the New York Times, his songs tread the line between the spiritual and the political. And this veteran writer and performer shared the stage at Belfast Nashville […]
In a recent New York Times article, Amy Speace writes, “I am a musician. I do not have a ‘day job.’ This is my day job. And I make a living at my art, which is a dream fulfilled. But […]
“Everywhere I go I hear you whisper down my empty streets/Everywhere I go looks like a lonely town,” twanged Kimmie Rhodes during “West Texas Heaven,” her first song of the night. It was cowboy; it was country. She was starting […]
