“I’m too old to remember to regret.” — Richie Stearns Trumansburg, New York, sits halfway between two more well-known towns in the Finger Lakes district: Watkins Glen and Ithaca. Like many similarly situated towns, it has become a center for music and other […]
As you may recall, the March 1 edition of this column featured photojournalist Jill Kettles. Well, Ms. Kettles makes an encore appearance today, in both words and photos in her coverage of Alabama’s Hangout Festival. Here, then, is her impressionistic, near-stream-of-consciousness […]
We’ve got a veritable grab bag of great new music to talk about this week, from the easygoing beachy vibe that Brett Dennen embodies on his latest, Por Favor, to the rip-roaring bluesy mayhem of Mark Hummel at the end. […]
A voice like Brett Dennen’s is an acquired taste. A bit of a nasally whine, sometimes times shrill, it is certainly distinct. You know him when you hear him. His sixth studio album Por Favor takes his usual sound and […]
Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance is held each May and October on a beautiful 72-acre turn-of-the-century farm outside Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with forest, meadows, winding dirt roads, and plenty of open space. It is operated by the […]
It’s a fair guess that Brett Dennen is happy with his feet in the sand. Influenced in equal measures by Bob Marley and Graceland-era Paul Simon, Dennen’s buoyant So Much More is an ideal soundtrack for a southern California beach […]
