“Quite frankly it sounds f’n corny as hell …I was about eight years old, my mother brought home Abbey Road – she was a huge Beatles fan…she loved Little Richard too. And when I first heard ‘She’s So Heavy’ – […]
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Studio mastermind and convicted murderer Phil Spector gets all the ink, but he wasn’t the only terrific—and terrifically flawed—music producer working in the 1960s who came to a sad end. Another was England’s Joe Meek, who wrote and produced a ton […]
The Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl LII on Sunday night, and there was much rejoicing in all parts south of Nomans Land Island National Wilderness, the point in the state of Massachusetts closest to the Equator. However, I am here […]
The resurgence of vinyl in the past few years has been an interesting thing. Not only have records made a comeback (as have, inexplicably, cassettes, but that’s another column) but they’re the only physical media that is growing, and practically […]
Fans of Earl Scruggs frequently hold that when he broke with Lester Flatt, his musical partner of 24 years, to form the Earl Scruggs Revue with his sons, he actually was only caving in to his desire to please his sons, […]
For those of you who visit No Depression: The Journal of Roots Music website for the latest music news, reviews and columns…May 2017 marks the month that the site has hit the pause button on fresh content in order to run a […]
David Courtney put another feather in his cap in October when he became the first British songwriter to receive the prestigious Tsarskoselskaya Art Award in Russia. The award, given to Courtney for his composing and production work on Russian artist […]
Watching Matt Lorenz perform in his one-man band in a small, crowded club — Daryl’s House in Pawling, New York — it’s difficult to determine what instruments he is playing. I will let him explain. “I’m sitting on a suitcase […]
Martin Barre wants to bring audiences back to the lively concerts of decades ago on his current U.S. spring tour. “I want to play gigs like they were in the early ’70s and ’80s — full of of energy and […]
Is there a reason we need another long, exhaustive — and exhausting — biography of any of the Beatles? Don’t we likely know most of what we’re going to know about the four lads from Liverpool? These days, is their […]
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