On the morning of Sunday, Jan. 24, Tennessee-based roots rockers the Black Lillies were finishing up their final day in Texas. They sent out a message on their Facebook page to let folks know that, in the afternoon, they’d be doing […]
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If you’re an indie musician and not living full-time in a van that takes you from city to city for gigs – gigs that can be as glorious as a packed club with respectful fans, or as humbling as a house concert […]
While it’s a little hard to admit that every now and then I can lose my focus and get sidetracked, there are those occasions when I take on a particular subject only to end up somewhere else. For example, about […]
The last time I saw Lemmy Kilmister, we were sitting in a small room just off the side of the stage at Amoeba Records on Sunset Boulevard. He was holding a bottle of Jack Daniels with one hand while a […]
Lemmy Kilmister, Wanda Jackson and Danny B. Harvey. Amoeba Records. November 2003.
Have you had enough yet? For the past five weeks, your ears have likely been assaulted with the annual barrage of snappy little tunes that can easily get on anyone’s nerves. The holiday may only come once a year, but […]
I’ll admit I’m a bit late to the game on this. I recently sat down and watched Mark Kidel’s documentary Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance that was first broadcasted on the BBC television network back in November 2013 and is currently running on […]
Let me tell you about the night my fingers snapped off and fell onto a beer-stained wood floor. A tremendous rainstorm had its way with the sky as I moved across the Hudson River. I pulled up to a roadhouse about ten miles […]
For the past month, my eyes have been glued to a couple of exceptional books; one old, one new. Barry Mazor’s Ralph Peer and The Making of Popular Roots Music was published this past year, and the other was released […]
That is one helluva picture. You might recall that it surfaced this past June after Neil Young demanded that Donald Trump stop using “Rockin’ in the Free World” at his campaign events. Utilizing his standard and preferred method of statesmanship, […]
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