They carried peace flags with doves skimming pale blue skies and huge American flags. There was a sea of tie-dye reaching across a sunny horizon and the smoky dust of lit reefers spreading an aroma I’d not smelled so prevalently […]
They carried peace flags with doves skimming pale blue skies and huge American flags. There was a sea of tie-dye reaching across a sunny horizon and the smoky dust of lit reefers spreading an aroma I’d not smelled so prevalently […]
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 […]
PART ONE (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 […]
How many drops of rain roll off of how many window panes Down to a valley low where a river like me begins to grow I sing a mournful song as I rush and ramble along Oh di oh di […]
I love a good snowstorm, which is lucky, because here on the East Coast we are getting walloped this week. In fact, right about now, I imagine Joe’s Field at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) is blanketed in a […]
The big to-do in our little corner of the music world this week was Folk Alliance International’s annual get together, which brought folk musicians, fans, and industry-types together in Kansas City. The official theme was “Forbidden Folk: Celebrating Activism in […]
This week, I’m featuring the photos of C. Elliott from Tucson, Arizona. While she and I have chatted about photography for quite some time, I was unaware till recently that we lived in Cincinnati during the same time, she in high school […]
MerleFest 2016 was bookended by something I had never experienced there before: car troubles. On Friday my battery died and on Sunday, after a full night of rain, I had a flat tire. While those inconveniences prevented me from catching […]
Crowd took to Brandi Carlile and her crackerjack band so it is hoped we’ll hear more from her at Merlefest in the coming years.
FRESH TRACK: Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore – “We’re Still Here”Check it out
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