David Torn performing live recently at SubCulture in New York City. Photo © Claire Stefaniat David Torn plays at the The Jazz Estate Few guitarists can make their instrument sound larger more or expansive than David Torn. He’s a self-described “guitarist/texturalist” and […]
I am always at the beginning, middle, or end of a book. While my primary interests vacillate between biographies and works of nonfiction, my guilty pleasure is in the mystery and crime genre. In particular, I like series featuring the same hard boiled […]
In the Atlanta suburb of Decatur, Georgia, there lies an intimate listening room called Eddie’s Attic. Eddie Owen opened it in 1992 and it’s long since become a premier stage for some of the best talent this country has to […]
Darrell Scott’s name was first of the bill. After all, it was his CD release show. He played first and he led the final song. The show was billed as Darrell Scott and Friends, and what a group of friends it […]
There is mystery that rises from the hard ground of the American South. The legacy of music that has given us the best of this true heartland was quite literally created out poverty, slavery, a bloody war, racism and strife. […]
The Cajun band Feufollet is rolling down the highway to Columbus, OH, on the last third of their recent US tour, and their newest member – Appalachian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Kelli Jones-Savoy – is nervous. Her phone is dying, […]
British bands rooted in Americana tradition aren’t a new phenomenon by any means. Groups like Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe, Starry Eyed and Laughing, and others tempered their pub rock approach with hints of country rock, as borrowed from bands like […]
Suzy Bogguss makes it look easy. After 25 years in the business and more awards than you can shake a stick at, you’d expect that. But watching her on stage you get the feeling she was born for this and […]
I will go out on a limb and say that Barnstar! (yes, the exclamation point is part of their name) is one of the most fun bands you will ever see perform. The raucous energy emanating from the stage coupled with […]
When Randy Bachman wrote the line “Here’s somethin’ that you’re never gonna forget” in Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s No. 1 single “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet,” he wasn’t talking about a memorable rock concert. But there was a concert 45 years ago […]
