You know when you are at a show and seeing a band that is just crushing it, then you really listen? And the pedal steel player, or the pianist, or the banjoist just pulls out in the mix in your […]
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Dan Blakeslee’s new record Owed to the Tanglin’ Wind was recorded in the eaves of an old, beautiful theatre in Providence, R.I. I don’t think any record could genuinely illustrate that fact quite as well as this one. The songs on […]
“Stop Runnin,” the first track, launches in with a very Tom-Petty-esque guitar part. Shortly after, Crosby’s gruff vocal hits it and I am listening. You got me, Jeff. Full band, rock and roll. Its good. The second track has a […]
Wise Old Moon. Sounds like a tall tale from an old children’s story book. Perhaps the namesake of a tavern or bookstore in a New England town that hasn’t quite caught up with time yet? But in this case it’s […]
There is something about Newport Folk that is significantly different than most big summer music festivals. Something special, something more powerful, something that shines a light very brightly on bands that may not have otherwise received that great exposure. Maybe […]
I’ve been a fan of Nickel Creek since before there was a Nickelback to mistake their name for. Curse all you people for thinking I might confuse quality hybrid bluegrass with, well, whatever it is that Nickelback does…all I know […]
Joe Purdy’s Canyon Joe was one of the things that kept me going a couple years back, chugging down the sad song trail — knowing that good, great, wonderful music can come from a somber melody and a song about being […]
Your 2013 BIG RED Recognition Choices are… This process was cut from the fabric of this music community. Your peers and fans nominated you (the musician) and you put out the word for those same people to cast their opinion […]
At the beginning of August I released a post on my favorite records I had heard in 2013 so far. Well, 2013 is almost at an end and I thought it only fair to pay homage to those records that […]
Dylan, Waits, Cohen, Prine…Baker. Dan Baker is a songwriter from the Boston area who has been kicking around for a bit. A man who writes about the environment around him and transforms every day observations into brilliant works of poetry […]
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