On Long Time Gone (Crowville, 2015) Kevin Gordon asks in the jazzy blues, almost spoken-word “Cajun with a K”: “How do you make a living out of poetry?” Gordon can turn a real event into song, and proves that if you […]
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Michael Rank and Stag played a sold-out show on August 14 at the Cat’s Cradle Back Room in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to celebrate the release of their most recent album, Horsehair (Louds Hymn). Heather McEntire (Mount Moriah), who adds her beautiful vocals all over […]
It seemed as if Chapel Hill’s Dexter Romweber was set to at least rock, if not rule, the world. Barely out of his teens, in the mid 1980’s he was featured on MTV’s “Cutting Edge” and “120 Minutes”. He appeared in the cult […]
Wave that flag hoss, wave it high Do you know what it means? Do you know why? Maybe being a Rebel ain’t no big deal But if somebody owned your ass How would you feel? How would you feel? How […]
A recent house concert with Texas singer-songwriter BettySoo at the Dance Barn in Mebane, NC reminded me of lyrics from two of my favorite songwriters. Not for what the evening was, but for what it wasn’t. And if you attend […]
From the Gram Parsons 40th Anniversary Tribute show at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro NC.
I confess my record collection is littered with the usual and mostly male No Depression singer-songwriter suspects. Yes, I love Lucinda, Aimee, Rhiannon, and Rain, but Alejandro Escovedo, Sam Baker, Jon Dee Graham. Jason Isbell, Steve Earle, Rhett Miller, Townes […]
The Modern School of Film, in collaboration with The Carolina Theatre in Durham, NC, presented “Film: Acoustic, Lucinda Williams” on January 26th (which happened to be Lucinda’s birthday and, yes, the audience did sing “Happy Birthday” and The Carolina Theatre gave her […]
Jeffrey Dean Foster and The Right Profile signed to a major label but never released an album. Bandmate Stephen Dubner left the band and eventually co-wrote Freakonomics. Foster regrouped with The Carneys and that band also recorded an album that was never released. Drummer Jon Wurster […]
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