I’m always on the hunt for new music and I continue to explore the world of online music. I was an early user of Pandora and have found lots of new musicians that I wouldn’t have heard since the demise of record […]
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The 30th Anniversary of the Green River Festival in western Massachusetts has just concluded. This “roots plus” festival continues to add to its legacy and its reputation as “essential” (NYTimes) and “one of the must-see music festivals” (Rolling Stone). What […]
Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley are fortunate to have Trent Wagler and The Steel Wheels band, not to mention Eastern Mennonite University that initially brought the band members here as students, not to mention the influence on the band […]
Levon Helm’s Midnight Rambles were in full rolling glory in the winter of 2011. One Saturday night that December had long been anticipated — for starters, Donald Fagen would be joining Levon’s band that evening. But there were also two guest acts on […]
There’s been a lot going on in the past week or so, beginning with the McDowell Mountain Music Festival and ending with a glimpse of things to come from SXSW. In between, there have also been some notable standalone performances. So, […]
Amy Helm, touring in support of her debut album ‘Didn’t It Rain’ … shown here with Alan Hampton, Daniel Littleton and Eric McFadden (Anders Osborn band) … opening for Anders Osborn.
Watching Amy Helm perform is like witnessing an exorcism. But in her case, happy little demons come tumbling out to play, cavorting around her ankles, keeping her bobbing and weaving with the throbbing pulse of her music. She’s in a […]
It’s fitting that the opening song of Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams’ self-titled album (released June 23, 2015, on Red House Records) is “Surrender to Love.” Like the other great duos whose ranks they join – Emmylou Harris and Gram […]
I wish I could be a music critic or a concert photographer. I love capturing live events with a camera and think I’m pretty decent at it, but I don’t think I’d make a good critic. I know what I […]
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