Jerry Lee Lewis knows he is going straight to hell. So he plays. And he stays alive. Jerry Lee Lewis is a self-proclaimed stylist. According to the Killer himself, there are only four original American voices: Al Jolson, Jimmie […]
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It was an evening when emotion took precedence. When true Americana music was in the spotlight. When pride and purpose combined. A fond look back and a promising glance forward. The evening in question was the recent concert — an […]
In the plethora of music festivals, it’s like James Lee Burke is said of have remarked about writers in Missoula, Montana, that there’s one behind every parking meter. So, you take note of what’s unique about each festival. Richmond Folk […]
I think I have probably seen Chuck Prophet, either fronting his own band or as part of Green On Red, more than any other artist. I estimate all the time I’ve spent standing in front of stages watching, listening to, […]
A debut album that has attracted a lot of deserved attention this year is Gilded by Jade Jackson. She and her band notched up another debut recently; first show in the UK and headlining too. Before facing her first London […]
Finding a church with both Irma Thomas and The Five Blind Boys of Alabama presiding over the services on the same evening is enough to make you feel like you’d died and gone to heaven. But this particular corner of […]
Tom Paxton was turning 80, and we were there! A sea of white hair much like the waves along the Outer Banks. With exceptions, the full house audience was comprised of those who’d entered the gates of adulthood listening to […]
You could be forgiven if you felt like you were back in time. The tables in front of the stage at Jammin Java outside Washington, D.C. looked the same as when a young Buffalo singer stood onstage at the famed […]
When Gretchen Peters last played London’s Union Chapel (February 2016), she said that it was one of her most memorable UK concerts in over 20 years of touring, so tonight’s show had a lot to live up to! Accompanied by […]
They were good buddies, two legends of folk/country/rock on the road again. Not with their historic bands, The Flatlanders/The Wronglers (Gilmore), or The Blasters/X/The Knitters (Alvin), or others. Just these two greats, spinning stories and sharing their songs. Tinged, yet […]
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