A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican June 22, 2012 A couple of years ago a trio of roots-rock heroes — Contemporary blues growler Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers, etc.) and Luther […]
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Soul singer Howard Tate died last week at the age of 72 following a bout with cancer. I loved the man’s music. I’m not sure what it was back in the summer of 1975 that led me to buy that LP […]
A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican Dec. 10, 2011 By the time The Pistol, the Bottle, and Shaded Pastures was released earlier this year, fans of Anthony Leon & The Chainwere familiar with most, […]
A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican Nov. 18, 2011 The modern-day one-man band refuses to die. Maybe it’s the bad economy that makes it more fiscally feasible to travel and perform without having […]
* Wolf Call! by Various Artists. Another fine Norton collection of greasy, sleazy rock ‘n’ roll and R&B from the late ’50s and early ’60s. This isn’t quite as diverse as other Norton compilations like Mad Mike’s Monsters or […]
R.I.P. Kell Robertson Kell Robertson heard that long-promised call this morning: “Come on in, it’s cool and dark inside.” He died this morning on the property where he lived for about 15 years. One friend said he’d had a peaceful […]
A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican October 25, 2011 The great American soul revival, which has probably been going on since about three days after most commercial radio stations stopped playing real ’60s-to-early-’70s soul […]
A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican Nov. 4, 2011 Here’s a cheesy blurb for Tom Waits’ new album: Bad as Me is as good as it gets. I can’t help it. It’s true. In […]
A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican October 14, 2011 I was recently reminded of Randy Newman’s twisted love song “A Wedding in Cherokee County” when I first listened to Scott H. Biram’s “Broke Ass” […]
A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican October 7, 2011 One of the best protest rallies that I ever covered took place during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. Sotheby’s auction house in […]
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