Part Three (of four parts) Lockn’ Festival: LOCKN’ Festival celebrates its fifth year in 2017. Located in Central Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the festival site is halfway between Charlottesville and Lynchburg. According to their website, “We’re a group of dedicated […]
PART TWO (of four parts) The Lockn’ 2017 Talent Magazine, Inclusive, A survey of American hot music, Lockn’-Style: Delivering the Goods to the Soul: The bands and performers of Lockn’, my snapshots, interiors of the soul, mapping by angels, a […]
EP releases often get a short shrift for obvious reasons, but an added caveat coming with them is that they are frequently pushed as product to promote some upcoming tour or appearance and play like musical afterthoughts. The most recent […]
There were many tribute concerts in bars, clubs, and performance halls around the country on May 24, 2016, the diamond anniversary of Bob Dylan’s birth. I chose the one that was the second day of a two-night tribute at the Ryman. […]
Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, and Ann Wilson from Heart perform in an unannounced special session in-the-round on the GRAMMY Festival at Sea in November, 2014.
Despite having numerous gold and platinum albums to her name, is it possible Ann Wilson is an underrated singer? It would seem so. As the powerhouse vocalist of Heart, Wilson, along with her sister Nancy, helped clear the path for […]
