The final playlist is something that folks keep close to the heart. A thread through social media that became a topic on NPR hit home with this writer about songs to be played at their funeral. I must confess that […]
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Tom Kimmel is one of a kind among many. There are quite a few singer songwriters, and Tom has being doing it for a long time. But, he’s one of the best, with a quality that shines through. So, it’s […]
Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, & Martha Wainwrig
Singer-songwriters in the round
If it is October, it’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass time at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Once again readers of this column will be able to experience, up close and personal, that autumnal gathering via the photos and words of Peter Dervin, […]
As the music industry has changed so much in recent years, many artists now run their own record labels and need help with marketing and distribution and how to best realize their artistic vision. That’s where a label services company like Thirty […]
With so much to cover and absorb this year, and with a certain amount of sensory overload, not to mention lack of sleep, I have had a bit of writer’s block, so please bear with me. It was an amazing […]
John D. Loudermilk was one of those songwriters everybody knows and whose songs have filled country, pop, and rock catalogs for artists as diverse as Trisha Yearwood, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and Edgar Winter (though there have been numerous […]
As an artist, you’ve reached a certain level when fellow musicians come to hear you play. And, when it comes to Toronto venues, you’ve also joined an elite club when you play Massey Hall. Last night Jason Isbell achieved both in one […]
It’s time for another roundup of notable upcoming releases. A couple you certainly already know about, but the others could easily have slipped your notice. All of them are fascinating. David Rawlings – Poor David’s Almanack (August 11) If Gillian Welch is […]
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