It was a packed house at the Black Box. Anais Mitchell, supported by Rachel Ries, had come to town and tickets were scarce. Rachel Ries was the first on stage. Her album ‘Ghost Of A Gardener’ was released early this […]
It was a packed house at the Black Box. Anais Mitchell, supported by Rachel Ries, had come to town and tickets were scarce. Rachel Ries was the first on stage. Her album ‘Ghost Of A Gardener’ was released early this […]
Amid all the will-they-or-won’t-they of a Journey reunion, David Letterman speaking for Pearl Jam, and some TMI from Yes, Joan Baez wasn’t really the headline grabber from last week’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. But I bet […]
Nearly a year ago two long established singer-songwriters from either side of the Atlantic, Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, made a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles via Texas. On the way they recorded a series of railroad songs […]
We live in a political world The one we can see and feel But there’s no one to check It’s all a stacked deck. — Bob Dylan, “Political World” The protest song is nearly as old as songs themselves. […]
This week, I’ve simply found the best photographs uploaded to this site and collected them into an entertaining slideshow. Explanations follow: I caught Patty Griffin, Sara Watkins, and Anais Mitchell on their third stop on a six-week tour that is […]
Singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey’s career was humming along nicely last year – recording, writing, European tours, annual week-long coffeehouse productions. Long stretches of concentrated writing, creative options opening everywhere, and even extended backroads bicycle jaunts with performances on front porches and wayside gas […]
We were sitting at a table in our local diner owned by a Greek family, eating lunch and discussing the latest headlines from the Sunday morning news shows about Donald Trump. His position on immigration had just been posted on […]
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