The Green Note, Camden, London. A couple of years ago I wrote of the massive impact Hannah Aldridge made on me when I saw her supporting Holly Williams. Now I’ve had the huge pleasure of seeing and hearing a (comparatively) […]
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Apart from a memorable solo show dedicated to Townes van Zandt, I’ve always seen Steve Earle with the Dukes (and the occasional Duchess). This was the first duo for me and not having heard the new record, I approached Steve’s collaboration […]
Vince Gill told me recently that, in music, there are drainers — those who have a negative attitude toward any new music, who drain the energy out of a room as they complain about that music. There are also refillers — […]
On the opening track of his new album, Wrong Side of the River, Rob Baird forcefully declares “Ain’t Nobody Got a Hold on Me.” With a down-to-the-bone, funky blues lick, the tune echoes the swampiness of Memphis blues before it […]
Over the last month, I’ve streamed or downloaded somewhere around 40-50 albums, and I’m sorry to say that I’ve found that the vast majority of them are the aural equivalent of suffering from a Sominex overdose. Since the birth of the […]
The first time Vince Gill played music in front of anybody was in the second grade. He played “House of the Rising Sun.” “I was scarred early.” He laughs. “I didn’t know I was playing a song about a whorehouse.” […]
Located in Boston, Massachusetts — that bastion of Northeastern probity, where the “the Cabots speak only to Lodges, and the Lodges speak only to God” — Berklee College of Music is a hotbed of musical revolution and change more reminiscent of the […]
In the interests of full disclosure I admit right here at the start that there is no way this is going to be an unbiased review. I’m not some kind of “journalist.” I love Steve Earle. Actually I sort of love […]
I can no longer call the Nelsonville Music Festival the best kept secret in Southeast Ohio. While it remains modest in size — and way more comfortable and friendly than some larger festivals — music aficionados have discovered this laid back, musically […]
Since June 4th, I’ve enjoyed reading other people’s reviews of Bob Dylan’s current tour, with Mavis Staples. The tour was announced back in March to much happy anticipation from people who’ve enjoyed hearing the two performers for 50 years, and […]
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