Jon Cleary was the Guest of Honor with his Absolute Monster Gentlemen (consisting of New Orleans natives Derwin “Big D” Perkins on guitar, Cornell C. Williams on bass and A.J. Hall on drums) at this year’s 40th Annual Telluride Jazz […]
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What follows is a transcript of my recent interview with James McMurtry, wherein we covered Guy Clark, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, fracking, his son Curtis, songwriting about fictional characters and circumstances, and more. Bill Nevins: I saw your AMP Concerts show at the […]
Bunny Wailer, 69 years young and decked out royally in elegant Rastafari regalia, took the stage at Albuquerque’s Sunshine Theater following a driving opening set by his band The Solomonic Orchestra to thunderous applause from an adoring, dancing audience for […]
When Ray Wylie Hubbard took the outdoor main stage in the wake of a New Mexico cloudburst late on the third day of the Second Annual Music on the Mesa (MOM) Festival at Taos Mesa Brewing, the sound got hot, loud, […]
I caught up with Cody Dickinson, drummer, keyboardist, rub board player and vocalist of the North Mississippi All Stars backstage just prior to their Telluride Town Park MainStage Sunday show at The Fourth Annual RIDE Festival (July 11 and 12, […]
On their latest album Voyageurs, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys catch the cool Gulf Coast breezes that wash away troubles and hurts and turn passing time into its essence: music that heals, invigorates, and challenges. Music that gently pushes listeners up out of […]
These two 2014 albums by Black 47 consist of the band’s final studio release, Last Call, and Rise Up, a selection of the hard-edged political songs that have defined this raucous Irish-themed ensemble for its two and a half decades […]
The Mekons, an intercontinental, socialist-minded collective of 8 musicians and many alumnae, have been manifesting themselves in recordings and incomparable live shows since 1977 when they emerged as punk- rocking art students from Leeds, UK responding to The Clash’s clarion call […]
Terrance Simien and The Zydeco Experience is touring the US in support of their Grammy-winning latest album Dockside Sessions, with concerts scheduled this week in Santa Fe May and Albuquerque. In advance of that, I recently spoke by phone with Simien from […]
James McMurtry is touring the USA this spring and summer with his band, in support of their new album, Complicated Game. I talked with him by cell phone in late April from the road. Bill Nevins: Great new album. What’s the complicated […]
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