Review by Douglas Heselgrave With Lukas Nelson, Snoop Dog, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Billy Joe Shaver, Jamey Johnson, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow and more Heroes are harder than ever to come by in today’s world. And though it’s not immediately […]
Kelly Joe Phelps performing “Down To The Praying Ground” from his new album “Brother Sinner and The Whale”.
Kelly Joe Phelps performing “Hard Time They Never Go Away” from his new album “Brother Sinner and The Whale”.
By Douglas Heselgrave Over the course of nine albums beginning with his 1994 debut, ‘Lead Me On’ and culminating with his daring 2008 instrumental opus, ‘Western Bell,’ the Pacific Northwest singer and songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps has written and performed […]
Review by Douglas Heselgrave This one has been a long time coming. Since the last Dead tour in 2009, Mickey Hart has been maintaining a fairly low profile, which isn’t to say that he’s been kicking back on a beach […]
Review by Douglas Heselgrave Zakir Hussain should need no introduction. As the world’s greatest living master of the Indian tabla, he has spent decades tirelessly touring the globe and exposing audiences to the ancient percussive traditions of South Asia. Hussain […]
Review by Douglas Heselgrave Nothing wasted, everything gained on The Promise of the Real’s second full length album No one will ever accuse Lukas Nelson of taking the easy way out or following the path of least resistance. Anyone who’s […]
A review by Douglas Heselgrave The most recent release of informal music from Ravi Shankar may be the 92 year old sitarist’s best recording ever It is hard to remember the last time I enjoyed listening to a CD as […]
A new interview with Douglas Heselgrave Lukas Nelson and I had been playing telephone tag for almost two weeks when I caught him on the line as he was preparing to go out on a short tour jaunt opening for […]
The Wilderness By The Cowboy Junkies (Nomad Series Volume 4) Review by Douglas Heselgrave A few years ago, The Cowboy Junkies veered off the major label highway and took a detour down a side route to explore some of the […]
