E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (4K Ultra HD) We are fortunate enough to live in an age when classic older films are being re-released in formats that allow them to benefit from the latest and greatest video and audio technology. Studios are […]
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In my younger and more vulnerable years, back in Boston in October of 1989, I scored a right and left cross of The Waterboys and Bob Dylan. On a Sunday night in October, with the leaves turning on the Common and cold […]
There’s something happening with these outdoor summer festivals. Something good. The Green River Festival in Greenfield, Massachusetts, is an annual Western Massachusetts summer weekend affair, featuring dozens of bands loosely categorized as Americana, on four stages spread out over the […]
Lucinda Williams – This Sweet Old World (September 29) I always thought Sweet Old World never got enough love. While the critics took to it, the newly minted alt-country crowd not so much. Did they want Volume 2 of the Rough Trade album? Was it too […]
What do you do when you can play straight blues or Hendrix style hard rock with equal ease and finesse? On the seventh album of his career the phenom from Nelson County, Virginia reins in his inner guitar god and […]
Folk Hotel for release on September 8 will be Tom Russell’s 36th solo record. An artist who needs no introduction on these pages, having received much critical acclaim over a 40 year career not just for the quality of his work, […]
Liner Notes ~ An Occasional Blog of Little-Known Mind-Blowing Facts About The Life and Work of the Late Great Jean Ritchie. Partial content originally appeared in FolkWorks (www.folkworks.org) One of the most fascinating stories of my time spent working with […]
From the moment Old Crow Medicine Show boisterously emerged from the side of the stage at Denver’s Paramount Theatre two months ago, I knew we were in for a special night. It was a show to cover Bob Dylan’s classic—and […]
On July 20, 1965, Columbia Records released the single “Like A Rolling Stone,” backed with “Gates of Eden.” Bob Dylan, who had recently turned 24, was in the middle of the most creative period any musician I can think of […]
Bluegrass, like any musical genre, has its roots deep in the culture that nurtured and grew it. As it grows, it seeks to maintain those roots while remaining alert to its commercial opportunities. But like the rest of the world, emerging […]
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