The 2nd Annual VetsAid 2018 rolled into the Pacific Northwest with a stop at the newly refurbished Tacoma Dome. Legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist Joe Walsh of The James Gang and The Eagles founded the VetsAid Charity and nonprofit organization […]
Fans of Earl Scruggs frequently hold that when he broke with Lester Flatt, his musical partner of 24 years, to form the Earl Scruggs Revue with his sons, he actually was only caving in to his desire to please his sons, […]
I was sitting more than halfway up from the stage at Red Rocks Amphitheater when a murmur in the crowd began to snowball into increasing applause and cheers. James Taylor was midsong and appeared perplexed by the growing roar. He […]
A new book on the history of the Newport Folk Festival is a treasure trove for music fans. Former Providence Journal reporter Rick Massimo has written the first complete account of the legendary festival, describing its many successes and occasional blunders. […]
By now you you have read Kim’s enchanting piece on this year’s MerleFest, now comes my take on MerleFest at 30. Rather than a blow by blow, I’ll go with some takeaways. Here now are mine for MerleFest’s 30th edition. […]
MerleFest. Just saying its name can cause goosebumps and bring forth a flood of memories. Not just me, but other folks I meet along my music travels have the same feelings when I ask them if they have ever been […]
A Southerly Cultural Travel Journal Indianapolis — A wall of dark, broad-shouldered clouds hovered above the massive J. W. Marriott Hotel, surely one of the largest facades this side of the United Nations building, with mirror windows that reflect myriad aspects […]
Does anybody really listen to James Taylor anymore? Like Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye – which was an eye-opener at age 15 but a yawning eye-closer at 50 – Taylor’s music conjures up a time and a place of youthful […]
The opening track of The Roosevelts’ new album, The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn, is a soulful, sadness-wrapped-in-fraught-joy harbinger of what’s to come. On “Hard to Believe,” the duo (Jason Kloess and James Mason) wrestles with love lost, love regained, and […]
There’s not a more joyful, blissful album that embraces the perils of winter, the vagaries of loss, and the ominous underbelly of looking-back-wistfully than Birds of Chicago’s latest, Real Midnight. Songwriter JT Nero captures the dark underbelly of our happiness, and the […]
