As the song begins, it’s amazingly simple. There’s no dramatic build up, no minimalist entry way; it’s just the sound of the drums, an electric bass, and a church organ together. They wait as though they call for some sense […]
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The music comes on like a warm, balmy wind in the aftermath of a crazy storm. Like a Texas flood. The album cover displays a black and white close-up of a young world-weary artist in mid-exhale of barroom smoke, a […]
Part One: With Souls of Birds Preface: You will have to excuse my use of first names in this piece but I find I cannot write it from any journalistic distance. Tom Mank and Sera Smolen are more than just […]
Say it ain’t so. If you think you know rock and roll, the Wrecking Crew may burst your bubble. You’ll never think of rock and roll the same way again. Turns out many of your musical heroes were mere shadows, […]
Awhile back, before the Great Migration, I wrote an article here titled: Gram Parsons: An Underrated Songwriter? At the time I was the Admin of an ND group devoted to Parsons and his legacy (a group that happened to have […]
The Allman Brothers Band had it all planned last March, celebrating 45 years with a farewell concert at the Beacon Theater. They’ve held court there nearly every year since 1989. Closing out that run this March 2014 would have been […]
Bruce Hornsby didn’t have to do it – it was clear he had won this audience over decades ago – but he did. Seating himself at the piano to the rapturous applause of a thicket of boomers and more than […]
Last week I wrote a column I called “It’s Not All about the Music.” My wife, Irene, has taken some exception to that. For her, what comes from the stage at a bluegrass festival is “all about the music.” I […]
Hey, Joni Mitchell fans! I came across this clever reimagining of the classic Mitchell song, “Woodstock,” by Anne Tello, which I found to a be a refreshingly modern spin on the single. Even though it has been about 45 years since […]
Boise is a place caught between two worlds. The city, which rises on a high desert plain in Southwestern Idaho, is both urban and wild. The Boise River snakes its way past monuments of industry, while mountains rise to the […]
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