At 75 years old, Bob Dylan continues to hit new heights, continuously refining his abilities, his career, and journalists’ expectations of the folk bard. He’s been a roots singer, an activist, a novelist, and now — more than ever — a standards singer. Triplicate, reviewed by […]
I had him on my short list. After Leonard Cohen left the building I did a quick mental survey of who was still standing from the generation right before my own and Chuck Berry, along with Little Richard and Jerry […]
By last count, there are 300,000 books published every year, and that number doubles when you include self-published books. Purely and simply, more books see the light of day than are seen by our own shining lights — and very few shine light on […]
Jamestown Revival played for the first time in Mobile in early 2014, days before the release of their debut album, Utah. The band is bigger now, making several appearances on late night shows, headlining their own tours with a crew, and […]
Of course the big music news this week was the passing of Chuck Berry at age 90. In case you weren’t already convinced of his giant influence on rock (and much more), consider how people across generations reacted to the […]
People with special talents rarely, if ever, develop in a vacuum. Mozart’s father was an accomplished pianist who recognized a rare talent for composition and performance in his young son. He appears to have been something of a slave driver […]
Nutria, a modern jazz trio, will play at Company Brewing, 735 E. Center St., in Milwaukee at 10 p.m. on Thursday March 23, on a bill with Mrs. Fun. Nutria will then perform two sets at 7 p.m. Friday, […]
This week it’s the McDowell Mountain Music Festival from Phoenix, Arizona. And if it’s Arizona, longtime ND readers will know right off the bat that C. Elliott will be there to share her photos with us. Now in its 14th year, the […]
Vera Margaret Welch was born in London, in East Ham, on March 20, 1917. The Great War was raging, George V was king of England, and Woodrow Wilson had just been inaugurated for his second term. Five days before Vera […]
Australia’s many-talented Daniel Champagne is coming and going in Hampton Roads, VA, having performed recently in Virginia Beach in an intimate January 28 concert that will hopefully lead to greater area awareness and a hoped-for return visit in the fall. […]
