I saw and listened to a lot of music in 2018 – a lot. I have a demanding full time job as head of In the Public Interest (check out the link and feel free to sign up.) But music […]
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While my take on the year comes next week, let’s first hear what the No Depression photographers have to say. Just as they had a devil of a time selecting a single perfomance of the year, it was difficult to […]
Well, June is here and we hope you’re buckled up, because it’s going to be a busy month for new releases. Here on Day 1 alone, we’ve got new albums from Neko Case, Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American […]
Sixty-five years into her recording career, Mavis Staples’ incomparable voice and infectious spirit are truly wonders to behold. Born in 1939 to Oceola and Roebuck “Pops” Staples, Mavis got her start early, singing in church and at home in Chicago. […]
This past year has been a banner one for live music. I thought what better way to kick off all the year-end reviews than with the folks who most likely attend more performances than almost anyone else — photographers. Even […]
The 1993-1994 Chicago Bulls were, by any objective measure, an excellent basketball team, making it all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals before succumbing to a Patrick Ewing-led New York Knicks squad in seven games. The versatile forward Scottie […]
Aside from family bands, there is no stronger thread in American roots music than the power of a strong collaboration. Whether it’s the importance of paying one final tribute to a great artist who has passed away (see: Allen Toussaint), […]
As usual, there always seems to be exciting releases on the horizon. While I cannot cover everything, here is my fourth edition of some outstanding new roots muisc releases heading our way in the next few weeks. Accompanied, of course, by ND’s […]
Neko Case at the Pitchfork Music Festival
Last year at the Americana Music Conference in Nashville, I started talking to a guy about the nice Western shirt he was wearing and about how much I love Western shirts too. He told me his story about moving to the States […]
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