“Bravado” is defined as boldness intended to impress or intimidate. Rose Cousins wholly embraces this identity on her new album, Bravado, as she takes an insightful and compassionate look at the human condition. Following up her Grammy-nominated 2017 album Natural […]
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 […]
“If we deal in anything as artists, we must be promoting empathy. That’s what music can do. It can’t change the world, but it can make you feel things for people you’ve never met. It can make you understand the […]
I had the opportunity to spend a fantastic four days holed up in a hotel with several thousand musicians and music lovers at the Folk Alliance International Annual conference in Kansas City. My wife and I were two of the […]
Many things can happen after making a spark. More often than not, nothing happens. The spark goes out, be it a damp sky or flimsy match to blame. But sometimes candles are lit, or blazing fires grow to warm us. […]
Musically, my 2017 has started the way that last year ended. Beguiled by a golden voice. In this case, the sumptuous vocals belong to, one, Rose Cousins. She’s Canadian. A native of Prince Edward Island who now lives in Halifax, Nova […]
Americana Fest 2016 has ended. Once again, it was six nights and five days when an international community gathered around its common love and respect for a kind of music that is raw, honest, earnestly human, universal. We could break it […]
Several friends mentioned that the Under the Covers show at Club Passim (its 12th annual such performance) is their favorite show of every year and, without knowing anything about the show other than the musicians playing, I decided to go. I am […]
“My mother died in 2012, and her spirit lends herself well to Compostela,” Canadian singer-songwriter Jenn Grant says of her latest release. “I meet people again and again who tell me how this album has been a healing tool for […]
Spend any time at all attending a Folk Alliance gathering, and it becomes real clear, real quick that this is not your run-of-the-mill music festival, conference, or gathering. Where so many trade conferences are full of schmoozy events and see-and-be-seen […]
