Bluegrass emerged out of a bubbling world of country music that was changing from a simply regional music in the 1920s into what became known as Country & Western and was sold to the world as appealing to a strong, but […]
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Australian singer-songwriter Darren Hanlon has finally come clean. “The Sydney Entertainment Center used to be ridiculously easy to sneak into,” he says. “We were broke musicians, but I think we did it for the adrenaline. We’d often go down there […]
For Kris Kristofferson the ‘old road’ has been a long one. Thankfully, he doesn’t appear to be stopping anytime soon. At the Rose in Pasadena last Thursday night the legendary songwriter took his time moving through his legacy of song […]
Johnny Cash was a musical legend who made an impact on rock and roll as well as country music joining just a handful of artists that have been enshrined in both hallowed halls. The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame and Museum along […]
Country singer, guitarist, and songwriter Chely Wright’s coming out as a lesbian in May of 2010 not only liberated a woman from a secret she’d held since she was eight years old; it inflamed preexisting concerns within Music Row about […]
Like many, I’ve been contemplating the tragic chaos of my hometown of Milwaukee (I drive through Sherman Park at least twice a week) and the gun violence that triggered it, and all the other often-senseless gun killings we have endured, like […]
It’s always nice to bring in some fellow Northern California DJs to the column. In the case of this week’s spotlighted DJ, he’s even from my home turf of Sonoma County. Even though I’ve known Brian Griffith for many years, I’ve […]
Each week in this column a musician points to the best or most influential concert attended as a spectator. But what was the best concert album ever released? The unofficial crown may have rested for many years with the Last […]
I’ve known Brad Hunt for many years and he always seems happy and usually has an amusing story to share. I always remember and love that he accepted an Americana Music Award for Sonny Landreth, walking to the podium in […]
Singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson, who turns 80 this week, is known for saying, “heroes happen when you need ‘em.” If that is so, then I’ve needed Kristofferson — in persona, songs, stories, and poems — for the last 50 years. After writing so […]
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