Every year around this time, I take a few minutes and reflect on the notable books that have shaped conversations about culture or that have revealed fresh insights on subjects about which we thought little else could be said. I […]
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Before the avalanche of big fall books slides over us, let’s take a moment to reflect on the best books of the year so far. Winter and spring are traditionally not big seasons for publishers, but there have been a […]
In the late ’60s, Jefferson Airplane soared over the rock music scene with its psychedelic anthems devoted to Alice and the White Rabbit. Grace Slick’s commanding vocals might be the most memorable to many fans, but if you listen closely […]
This was the 30th year of the Folk Alliance International Conference, held in recent years in Kansas City, possibly to return. However, Montreal will host next year’s conference. The conference is very much like a festival and is comprised of […]
It’s been a busy summer, and now it’s time to feature some of the best roots photos of the past couple of weeks by our crack contributors: Peter Dervin, Cynthia Elliott, Kirk Stauffer, Todd Gunsher, and Boom Baker. Also in […]
Jorma Kaukonen is one of the legendary names from the 1960s rock explosion. He was a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, and later started Hot Tuna with Airplane bassist Jack Casady. And he remembers a few concerts during that time […]
You’d think the holidays were still approaching to judge by the number of new CDs that have piled up on my desk lately. I inevitably wind up giving the most ink to big-name performers, but albums from many lower-profile acts […]
I have seen The Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna (electric and acoustic) live. I probably have all the Airplane and Hot Tuna albums and love them all. This album goes on my list of grab these things if the house is […]
“Who would have thought that life would be this good?” Jorma Kaukonen asks in the liner notes, written on his 66th birthday at his farm in Ohio. Apparently, he’s as surprised as anyone. On his Red House debut, Kaukonen augments […]
The 1920s and ’30s produced a tremendous outpouring of rural country music, its main practitioners Southern white musicians such as Jimmie Rodgers, Cliff Carlisle, the Delmore Brothers and Jimmie Davis. All of them borrowed significantly from the blues tradition of […]
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