In this economy we all gave to pick and choose where our money goes, so for the first time in three years I’m skipping the Americana Festival and Conference. Though I have aired my issues with the panels in the […]
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Robert Plant has always been a cultural carpetbagger. He and the rest of Led Zeppelin were part of the second wave of the British invasion, those brazen English lads that stormed America in the 60’s and taught us about our […]
Levon Helm Band performs The Weight with Joe Pug and Elvis Costello in Vancouver on August 10, 2010. Joe Pug guests on the first verse, Elvis Costello guest…
Jim James w/ Levon Helm – The Weight – 8/13/10 – The Independent – SF, CA
Austin, Texas. Buy this song and full albums at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hallelujahland/id371593952 -OR-if you’ve got something against i-tunes get it at: http://ww…
Country and blues music has always mined the life’s mundane moments and extracted nuggets of domestic mythology shimmering with love, lust, booze, blood, tears, asphalt and diesel fuel. With these elements masters like Hank Williams Sr., Neil Young, Townes Van […]
A montage of a few of the songs performed during an evening of Blues, Rock, new music and old! Robert Plant and The ‘Band of Joy’ with some of America’s gre…
Jason’s beautiful, sad new song, “Dress Blues”, performed live at Stubbs in Austin, TX 2006
While attending the Americana Music Conference in Nashville last September I was lucky enough to go to some great shows. John Fogerty , Charlie Robison, Radney Foster, The Bottle Rockets, Angela Easterling….all great. But the show that stuck with me […]
First off; cards on the table, the Drive By Truckers are a one of the reasons I started an Americana/roots blog. They and a handful of other bands crossed my path while living in New york City and coming to […]
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