The end of last week my 18 year old daughter texted me an angry face emoji. All summer long she had been looking forward to going to Aspen with her friend to see Band of Horses play and now her […]
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TORONTO — I was seated in a small restaurant in my Toronto neighbourhood, fumbling with my tape recorder, nursing the latest in a succession of coffees and keeping an eye on the entrance. It hardly seems possible, but it was more […]
This Thanksgiving, when we sit down for our turkey or tofu dinner, those of us who care about such things might take a moment to mark the 40th anniversary of The Band’s farewell concert. It was filmed by Martin Scorsese […]
Summer is a slow time in the book publishing world. Very few big books are released during the summer months, and August is an especially arid period for new books in any subject. Publishers are out on the beaches, soaking up […]
“The mood in the band’s never been better,” Blake Christiana says, his contented confidence detectable even over a shaky cell phone connection stretching in from Bozeman, Montana. “I think we got too comfortable there for a few years. We just […]
Last weekend we attended the Pemi Valley Bluegrass Festival, held in a huge campground in Thornton, New Hampshire. The facility provides a few electric sites for those who need or wish them, a standpipe of potable water, no-sewer sites, and […]
The Appalachian String Band Festival, in its 27th year, is known around the world as the preemiment event of its kind. If you listen to NPR, you got a taste of what it’s all about when Noah Adams visted last week and did a […]
PORT TOWNSEND, WA— It appeared that each of the 230 attendees at this year’s Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival carried at least one portable electronic device. The event, in its 24th year, falls somewhere in between a music festival and summer […]
The boys in the band are dark-haired and lithe, and the lead singer is 75, but you don’t notice it. They’re all fine young Animals once the music begins. In 1962, a group of young men in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne formed a […]
Earlier today, Bob Dylan’s official website listed 26 additional concerts to take place in the southern U.S. states this fall. These dates were added to three previously announced shows – two opening for the Rolling Stones at “Desert Trip” (also known as “Dadchella”) on October 7 and […]
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