In the plethora of music festivals, it’s like James Lee Burke is said of have remarked about writers in Missoula, Montana, that there’s one behind every parking meter. So, you take note of what’s unique about each festival. Richmond Folk […]
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The first time I ever heard the words “Grateful Dead” were in the same breadth as Workingman’s Dead. I was a nerdy nine or ten year old but curious and quizzical with a tendency to ask others older than me […]
Poetry is often a source of inspiration for songwriters, offering up perspectives on rythym and imagery that aren’t necessarily found in traditional songwriting. For British folk group Bird in the Belly, that inspiration is integral to their own songwriting, so […]
I think I have probably seen Chuck Prophet, either fronting his own band or as part of Green On Red, more than any other artist. I estimate all the time I’ve spent standing in front of stages watching, listening to, […]
Garth Brooks once told an interviewer that if a culture wants to consistently produce good music, its creative and financial infrastructure must place the songwriters first, the performers second, and the marketers responsible for selling the music, third. “Without the […]
After releasing three solo albums and five under the name astroPuppees, Kelley Ryan says her most recent solo album, Telescope, is the “most consistent” one. “I think every record is a logical extension of the one before it,” she says. […]
Forget the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! For many folks, Thanksgiving is the day to gather the family around the DVD player for the annual viewing of Arlo Guthrie’s Alice Restaurant. For almost 50 years, Guthrie’s madcap movie has reminded us […]
A debut album that has attracted a lot of deserved attention this year is Gilded by Jade Jackson. She and her band notched up another debut recently; first show in the UK and headlining too. Before facing her first London […]
When the internet provided the mechanics to invent crowdfunding, the early adopters were almost all independent artists. The label system was still working in the late ’90s, although the terminal illness had already set in, and most established artists still […]
Sometimes a hero swoops in just when you need one, and in today’s divided world, Mavis Staples might just be the one wearing the cape. On an album that rises higher than hate and embraces love, in songs written by […]
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