We endured nine hours of traffic hell on our way to Chicago on Friday, a trip that should have taken six hours tops. Every time I was tempted to bail from the 5 mph-lanes of misery, I kept myself on […]
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Over almost four decades, a lot of amazing, funny and just plain weird stuff has floated by the windows of Marcia Ball’s tour vehicles. And the Texas-born and Louisiana-reared roadhouse R&B singer and pianist has stopped and gawked at most […]
James McCartney, son of former Beatle Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman McCartney, carts around a daunting amount of baggage. At 35, he is just now beginning a music career, with help from Sir Dad. What was unclear to me after […]
St. Louis’ Bottle Rockets put the power into Marshall Crenshaw’s legendary power-pop Saturday night (June 8, 2013) to close the most successful edition of Twangfest in the 17-year run of the roots-rock festival. Night 4 of the KDHX-sponsored festival featured […]
It’s a rare night when a music fan can see Texas-swing legends Asleep at the Wheel in an intimate venue, but that happened on June 7, 2013, at Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room on the third night of Twangfest 17, St. […]
If Joe Pug had started out in the ’70s, some mainstream record company or fired-up rock critic surely would have hung a “new Dylan” tag around his neck. Unfair as such a label might be in any era – check […]
I will stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table — or Steve Earle’s — and tell the world that Ha Ha Tonka is a great band. I can’t think of another band that simultaneously rocks as hard, writes as well and […]
“I’m gonna share some of my opinions with you tonight,” singer-songwriter Todd Snider warned the Twangfest 17 opening night crowd, “not because I think you should hear them … but because they rhyme.” The wisecrack, offered with the same stoner […]
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