If a band can be described as both legendary and unknown, it would be the Continental Drifters. Featuring members of the bands like Bangles, the Cowsills, the dB’s and the Dream Syndicate, the Continental Drifters began in a dingy Hollywood […]
If a band can be described as both legendary and unknown, it would be the Continental Drifters. Featuring members of the bands like Bangles, the Cowsills, the dB’s and the Dream Syndicate, the Continental Drifters began in a dingy Hollywood […]
If a band can be described as both legendary and unknown, it would be the Continental Drifters. Featuring members of bands like Bangles, the Cowsills, the dB’s, and the Dream Syndicate, the Continental Drifters began in a dingy Hollywood bar […]
I knew a few things about Nataly Dawn before I went to see her short set at the Hotel Cafe the other night. She has been in a band named Pomplamoose, which shouldn’t be confused with Huffamoose, and I liked […]
Jack Carty first caught my attention earlier this month when I came across his wonderful tune “She’s Got A Boyfriend.” This self-deprecating uptempo lament about losing a girlfriend to another holds an ingratiating charm that suggests a young, lovelorn Billy […]
Two major figures in the Chicago music scene passed on last week. Cleotha Staples, who was the eldest daughter of Pops Staples, died on February 20 on the South Side of Chicago at the age of 78. She had been […]
Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson have dusted off the Replacements name to do their first band recording since 1990. Why now? It has to do with helping out their pal, and longtime bandmate Slim Dunlap. Last February, Dunlap suffered a […]
The story about Bob Dylan and the Band is a fascinating one with many compelling chapters. The folk king Dylan going electric. A longtime backing band coming into their own known simply as The Band. Dylan’s motorcycle accident and the […]
It would be easy to call Jim Lauderdale, “Mr. Americana.” The perennial host of the Americana Music Awards has been putting out nearly an album a year (sometimes more) since 1998. And this year is now exception with two more […]
The beginning of May marks a special and busy time for Sara Watkins. On May 3, Sara and her brother Sean orchestrated another of their Watkins Family Hour shows that was part of the L.A. Bluegrass Situation at Los Angeles’s […]
