originally written for examiner.com July 2, 2009 So as I usually write about indie music, a column about Michael Jackson’s passing may seem forced. Honestly I never had any intentions of writing one until a dear friend and music columnist […]
Not exactly a book for your night stand. This is a small but heavy treatise from the Barrelhouse Blues series that has brought us a number of excellent volumes chronicling various aspects of the Blues. This volume, written by Paul […]
There are two kinds of people: those who love Bettye LaVette and think she is one of the greatest interpreters of song in our time, and those who are so tragically un-hip that they haven’t yet heard her music. The […]
“Brooding,” states Eric Bibb, describing the acoustic blues classic “Tupelo” as performed by John Lee Hooker. “That’s Hooker most of the time,” I said. “But you really manage to walk that line. There is always an air of hope in […]
Over the years, Ingrid Chavez has been known as a Prince protege for her 1992 Paisley Park/Warner Bros. album and co-starring role in the film Graffiti Bridge, as collaborator and ex-wife of David Sylvian or to some as the songwriter […]
“She doesn’t really do interviews, but I’ll add you to the list.” That was where my initial request fell for an interview with the reclusive mistress of funk and former ex-wife of Miles Davis. The Seattle based indie label Light […]
As we find ourselves half way between Thanksgiving and Christmas, knee deep in main-stream, commercial yuletide buffoonery, mired in unwelcome familial and corporate obligations, weighed down under the season’s disproportionate expenses…now more than ever it’s time to get you’re Grinch […]
Indie pop, remenisent of Counting Crows, channeling The Ramones while performing a zydeco gig… Alright, that’s a little confusing but Baltimore based Milkshake is an unabashedly hard to define band. Changing genres a much as lead singer Lisa Mathews changes […]
Much has been written of the ability of music to move, enlighten and alter consciousness. Writers and musicians alike have expounded on the heart of the blues, the passion of opera, the righteousness of folk or the realness of hip-hop. […]
Not that it’s needed and hasn’t already been discussed, perhaps ad nauseam, but I’d like to take a moment in consideration of Bob Dylan’s new holiday album Christmas In The Heart. Complete with a Currier and Ives style cover of […]
