It’s great to see so many “low power” FM radio stations popping up across the country like Richmond, Va.’s WRIR-LP, where Garry Morse does his “Lost Music Saloon” show on. And, for the first time, a DJ mentions classical music as a favorite […]
By 10 p.m. at Toronto’s legendary Horseshoe Tavern, the walls were already sweating. As Jayhawks’ frontman Gary Louris joked mid-set, “Our bus is going to be so sweaty tonight! We are just going to have to sweat it out.” Bodies crammed five abreast, from […]
Mary Chapin Carpenter may be best known for her recording of Lucinda Williams’ “Passionate Kisses” – a lighthearted, somewhat hopeful tune about love and fidelity. But more than two decades into her career, the singer-songwriter is unafraid of tearing into life’s […]
When a veteran band with a revolving door membership regroups for its first studio release in five years, you hardly expect music as fresh, focused and richly satisfying as Paging Mr. Proust (out April 29 on Thirty Tigers). Rather than playing […]
Here’s a Radio Friendly first: two brothers who share a radio show, “Tangled Roots” on WHUS, and we get answers from both of them. Bill Frater: Where and when did you start in radio and what other stations have you worked at […]
As I recently discovered, the well-known Belly Up music clubs in Solana Beach, California (near San Diego) and Aspen, Colorado have begun making their concert performances available for download. More than a dozen shows are for sale so far at […]
Gary Louris of The Jayhawks performing at The Neptune Theatre in Seattle, WA
