“The dirt beneath a migrant’s feet is worth the least of all” sings folk artist Robin Adams in his song “The Devil’s War and God’s Blue Sea”. The song is his musical contribution to the compilation album Refugee that he […]
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I’m not going to bury the lead here: This concert changed the way I think about the Indigo Girls. I’ve been a casual fan of the duo for a long time. I’ve listened to Rites of Passage for obvious reasons, […]
They may not smoke marijuana in Muskogee, but they sure do love country music in places like Vinstra, Gulsrud, and Seljord. Last weekend, just a couple of days before the Austin-based group High Plains Jamboree took off for a few weeks […]
To paraphrase Ecclesiastes, of the making of many music books there is no end. As I pointed out in last week’s column, there are enough new titles from publishers both large and small to keep us reading well into the […]
Listening to Sara Watkins make music just puts a room in a good mood. A rainy Tuesday night in the trendy corner of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, tucked away at the dead end of 9th Street and Wythe Avenue, Watkins’ Rough Trade NYC show […]
When you attend a bluegrass event, whether it’s a concert, festival, or local picking party, you never know who you might meet. Most people don’t care who you are or what you do for a living. What they do care about […]
If you went to bed the night of July 5, 2015 listening to the last chords of “Attics of My Life,” you might be forgiven for feeling a little confused.The Grateful Dead’s “Fare Thee Well” tour concluded at Chicago’s Soldier […]
We are in for a treat and a first this week, as we welcome guest columnist Holly Horn from Santa Cruz, California. As you’ll read, she’s here to offer a unique perspective on straight country music. I met Horn last year when she […]
Summertime spells festival season, and in the Northern Rocky Mountains, though the festival season is relatively short (running from early July until late August), it also seems to be the time of year when musicians like to flee the heat […]
Levon Helm’s Midnight Rambles were in full rolling glory in the winter of 2011. One Saturday night that December had long been anticipated — for starters, Donald Fagen would be joining Levon’s band that evening. But there were also two guest acts on […]
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