Folk-pop maven Jonatha Brooke hasn’t toured a whole lot in recent years and so was met with easy, eager applause from a roomful of Nashville fans last night at City Winery. Brooke has long been one of the most literate […]
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Omaha singer-songwriter Matt Whipkey says it was “a real honor” warming up for Dwight Yoakam at six recent shows in five states. “For any artist, it is a positive experience sharing a bill with a someone of Dwight’s caliber,” says […]
The Birchmere has a well-deserved reputation as a place that musicians love to play. There are a lot of reasons for that, but probably chief among them is the fact that the staff of the venue respects the music and […]
From the first notes out of her mouth, Ruby Amanfu makes it perfectly clear why everyone from Jack White to Weezer wants to sing with her. Quite simply, she’s one of the most elegant singers and souls you’ll ever encounter. […]
I took a road trip with “Born to Run” yesterday. It’s the 40th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s groundbreaking album, and there’s no better way to experience it than by blasting it in your car, with the windows open and the […]
Few artists in American music history can be considered as influential and as closely identified with their genre as Hawaiian slack key legend Gabby Pahinui. Most Hawaiian artists – and some mainland roots music players like Ry Cooder and Taj […]
Summer has a certain cadence. There’s a rhythm of long days, the beach beckons and the pace of office life creates the illusion that time is slowing. There’s also that moment when you step outside and smell the air and […]
At his death in 2002, Alan Lomax’s mark on American popular culture was reviewed with justifiable awe. Folk music curator at the Library of Congress from 1936 to 1950 his recording expeditions, mainly across the Southern states, documented the idiomatic […]
Here’s a question: what’s your favorite version of “9,999,999 Tears”? Dickie Lee’s? Kelly Willis’? Whose version of “All Along the Watchtower” would you spin endlessly on a desert island: Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Dave Mason, and U2 have all recorded […]
Call it luck. Call it serendipity, or if you’re that way inclined, planets aligning. I’ve seen some special double bills at the Union Chapel, but this one will take some beating. On the one hand, and acting as support of […]
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