About halfway through Wilco’s set at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland on Sunday, Jeff Tweedy quipped that the band’s show would be followed by a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This was a reference to Wilco’s stage setup, […]
Composer John Williams is known as the “Maestro of the Movies”, so it was fitting that he conducted the L.A. Philharmonic in a celebration of film music for three nights at the Hollywood Bowl this Labor Day weekend. Williams has been nominated 50 (!) […]
The summer may be over, but there is plenty of dancing in the street that will greet this fall’s outstanding slate of releases from a variety of folks. A couple of legends, a couple that should be legends by now, some […]
Richard Nixon was president and gas was 35 cents per gallon, but John Batdorf has not forgotten the glories of New York’s majestic Carnegie Hall as he performed on stage in 1972. “It was a long time ago with Batdorf & […]
We enter the theater and find it’s become a hall of mirrors, highly polished and meticulously disorienting. As we take our seats, we can’t tell the real from the carefully projected. The lights go down and a softly strummed arpeggio […]
While it’s easy to think of Americana and roots music as a strictly American institution, the core of roots music traces directly back to England, Ireland, and Wales, with many a popular Appalachian traditional taking root from a similar song […]
Bruce Springsteen’s recent concerts have been of epic proportion–even for him. Like a summer olympian who missed out in going to Rio, Springsteen has been setting records for endurance in rock and roll marathons, clocking in most recently at three […]
Imagine growing up in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona. Classic southwest U.S., dry heat, lots of sun, and temperatures that frequently visit the triple digits. That’s where the gentlemen of Jared & The Mill call home. Right at this moment […]
I firmly believe that, to do radio, especially public radio, you need a great sense of humor. Scott Foley has that and he shares that hunger for new, exciting music that is also essential. Bill Frater: Where and when did you […]
The phrase “Appalachian roots music” may call to mind a robust fiddle sound and danceable mountain rhythms, but there’s more to this region’s musical tradition than just that. Asheville-based River Whyless taps into other areas with their latest, and you […]
