I vividly remember the moment I realized that rock and roll was my music. It was in 1984, I was nine years old, and my family and I were eating an after church dinner at Pizza Hut. My dad had […]
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Some of my favorite childhood memories are the times my grandfather would take me to Jacks[1] to have breakfast with him and his buddies, and it wasn’t just because he let me pick whatever I wanted off the menu. No, […]
Note: this review was originally posted on my blog, and the tone is not intended for the vast majority of the No Depression community – a community filled with music lovers who have proven to have a great capacity to […]
We humans aren’t as unique as many of us like to imagine. I mean, come on, everyone loves slip-n-slides and sno-cones during the summer[1], and warm apple pie is the universal language of love. Most of us like to believe […]
I like Mumford & Sons; I really do. The evidence: My wife and I had the pleasure of seeing them in concert several years ago in Asheville, NC, and I’d love to see them again. I own both, well, all three […]
If I deprive the world of an excellent musician, would that make me a bad person? … That sounds creepy; I should probably rephrase that. … Allow me to try this again. … If I talk a wonderful musician into giving […]
This review is late. Very late. Having promised Humming House’s publicist a review almost three months ago, I sheepishly submit this review in hopes that she sees it before sending me a bill for my promo copy of Revelries. To […]
Mother’s Day may dominate the battle of progenitor holidays, but I think that Fathers may have the unfortunate edge in weighing heavily on the psyche of adult children – at least the psyche of adult children who are writers[1]. Classic […]
In my opinion, Night of a Thousand Candles, the 1985 debut of the British folk-punk band The Men They Couldn’t Hang, is one of the greatest albums of all time[1]. Further, if I ever write an article listing the most […]
I’m willing to bet 3-4 lbs of chuck roast that every single review of So Delicious, the latest album from The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, references Breezy’s pot roast recipe. And, originality be damned, I am too (obviously that […]
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