The Richie Furay Band’s new release, Hand in Hand, drops on March 31st. This one nails it with Richie’s impressions of earlier days with Poco in Los Angeles.
The Richie Furay Band’s new release, Hand in Hand, drops on March 31st. This one nails it with Richie’s impressions of earlier days with Poco in Los Angeles.
As the decades of contemporary music move beyond the nostalgic years of the past and into history, it is the most authentic of the singer-songwriters who have kept those times alive and relevant today. Folk singer Tom Paxton is chief […]
Bob Dylan Compels and Haunts Through Voice and Song. Bob Dylan’s Shadows in the Night is another revelation in a career that has set trends and influenced the musical landscape for over five decades. On this new release, Dylan moves […]
When an artist as prolific and skilled at his craft as Steve Earle leads the way on a genre-based tour as familiar to him as American blues, there’s reason to rejoice. Right down to the album’s very title, a pointed […]
Bob Dylan song that was featured in The Big Lebowski. A natural for Bridges to be singing.
Here’s a challenge I promise won’t hurt. Try this, grown-ups — whether or not you have children in your lives. Take the latest album, Through the Woods, by children’s music singer-songwriters and adventure-seeking, Grammy-winning duo Okee Dokee Brothers (Justin Lansing on […]
Singer-Songwriter Keb’ Mo’ is already a three-time Grammy winner for Blues Album of the Year. His 2014 release BLUESAmericana brings him his 8th nomination and could give him his 4th win. Only this time, he’s nominated not for Contemporary Blues, but for […]
“In the beginning the earth was without form and void. Then, street singers were born.” – Anonymous Before the radio, the phonograph, before cassette tapes and compact discs — long before downloads and streaming music on-demand — there were the […]
There is a special space that exists among musical kindred spirits. Within that space, a bond is formed. When this happens on a live stage, the audience becomes a part of the experience. As fiddle player for the Hot Club […]
In American roots music history, following and tracing the movement of artists, emerging genres, and lasting legacies can be a daunting task. For most popular music historians and ethnomusicologists with a focus on the roots of American music, the common geographical […]