This week we begin doing something new. Well, two things. This will be my first column devoted exclusively to a music festival — Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Scotland — and the first time a single photographer, Carol Graham, is featured. […]
One of three awesome Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit shows I saw on Cayamo. Also saw the wonderful Amanda Shires with Jason’s support twice. Expecting the restraining order any moment!
Jason Isbell celebrated his 37th birthday on Cayamo…and 4 years sober. He’s wearing it well.
Amanda Shires playing with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.
Celtic Connections 2016, O2 ABC
O2 ABC, Glasgow, January 2016
London roots music fans could be forgiven for cursing the calendar gods last night; this early in the year, who would have foreseen simultaneous visits to this shore from Lucinda Williams, The Milk Carton Kids and Jason Isbell, not forgetting Isbell’s […]
Half an hour northwest of San Antonio sits a spacious music and drinking hall called John T. Floore’s Country Store. Elvis Presley’s played there, as have Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Merle Haggard, and a multitude of Americana legends […]
The excitement has been building since the opening acts were announced back the in early Fall of 2015. As the tinsel and baubles come down from the holidays, it’s time to welcome the best of folk, roots and traditional […]
