My wife and I first drove up the steep hill to the top of the Wilkes Community College campus in late April of 2003. We had heard of the groundbreaking music festival known as MerleFest several years earlier, but now we […]
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Roots music isn’t all about the shine on your boots or the twang in your voice. It can also get funky as all get-out. Case in point: the solo debut from revered sideman Nigel Hall, out this week. It’s one […]
As the story goes, The Pizza Tapes, originally released in 2000, got its name after a pizza delivery boy lifted Jerry Garcia’s copy. That the enterprising crew found the name amusing speaks to the conviviality of the sessions, as warm […]
Now that right there is a trio of random thoughts, providing I can group together the duo of Billy and Don, which is my intention. These thoughts each came to me one at a time, rattling around inside my head like […]
When Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow” won Song of the Year at the CMAs last year, it was heralded as something of a miracle, with Musgraves herself arriving at the podium and exclaiming, “Do you guys realize what this means […]
On July 4th, the remaining members of the Grateful Dead will reconvene a final time at Chicago’s Soldier Field to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Two months before, though, they’re gathering in homage to their fallen leader. May 14th will see […]
If you haven’t already heard, a reasonable facsimile of the Grateful Dead are reuniting “one last time” for three shows in Chicago’s Soldier Field over the Fourth of July weekend, to celebrate their 50th anniversary. It’s a dream come true […]
The third solo offering from the eclectic come enigmatic Papa Mali is released this St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2015 on 429 Records. Music Is Love is another amalgamation of Papa Mali’s (aka Malcolm Welbourne) cosmic, Cajun, psychedelia. The man epitomizes […]
Ernie Hendrickson admits he has an ulterior motive for booking his current tour swing through Michigan. “To tell the truth,” the singer-songwriter says by telephone from his home in Chicago, “one of the reasons I booked this tour is because […]
It’s doubtful there’s ever been a collection of jacket art which better encapsulates an artist than that of Phosphorescent’s 2013 Muchacho LP. In it, Matthew Houck — who, along with whatever players he surrounds himself with, comprises Phosphorescent — is […]
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