We have all been thrown for a loop, left with far too much time to recollect and think about our mistakes and ruminate on what the future has in store. Charlie Parr is writing songs about it, and damn good […]
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There’s a certain type of statement artists make when they release a self-titled record. Sometimes it’s as simple as that record being their debut and there’s no better way to make an entrance than by naming it after themselves. But […]
“I want real things — live people to take hold of, to see, and to talk to. I want music that makes holes in the sky.” — Megan Bee quoting Georgia O’Keeffe There is no place I’d rather be on the […]
Well, its roots music, so somebody could accuse me of having my head in the ground listening to this stuff, so it took me this long to post this “year end” list. No, I wasn’t down in the ostrich […]
Charlie Parr Dog (Red House Records) The great contemporary country blues artist Charlie Parr manages a trick of sly self-portraiture in his new album. His ingenious title song emanates from a dog’s point of view. The hound objects to […]
In the historic paradise of brick and painted-wall facades of downtown Bristol, nestled into the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee and Virginia, music lovers returned to a reunion of souls seeking new adventures in sound, from the historic to the venturesome. Sixty […]
A few years back in Duluth, Minnesota, where I live, there was a snowstorm that put about three feet of snow on the ground in 36 hours. I was home and scheduled to play my usual hometown residency show during […]
Armed with my records and a sharpie I piled into my car with my daughters, Caitlin and Elizabeth, and made the 1.3 mile journey to one of my favorite places, Buffalo Records in Kearney, NE to hear one of my […]
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