As the years go by my sense of anticipation ahead of seeing one of the giants among our genre only intensifies. After such loss last year, a feeling of mortality has seeped in to an alarming extent. Having had his […]
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I’ve been to Preservation Hall in New Orleans, but not when their legendary namesake band was playing. That’s been an empty spot in my soul ever since, so when I received the kind invitation from KCRW to attend their private […]
Brian Wilson, one of the founding members of The Beach Boys rolled into Seattle to present his “Pet Sounds: The Final Performances” tour at the Paramount Theatre. Known as one of the visionaries in Pop music, Brian Wilson created […]
In the now-infamous country anthem of loss (whose words regrettably ring truer with each passing year) “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes,” George Jones warbles about those singers who “tear your heart out when they sing” like one in particular, “the outlaw […]
Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys World Cafe Live Philadelphia, Pa 2/19/2017 Before I get into the review I have to apologize to the band. Shortly after photographing the concert I came down with a case of Acute Bronchial […]
The Jayhawks have been on my wish list of groups to see live for a long time, so when I saw they were playing a show down in Salina, KS I knew we’d be making the trip. It’s an easy […]
Now in their 18th year, the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Awards have become a key highlight of the folk music calendar and, after starting out as a relatively low profile event, followed by touring around the country to venues […]
One of the best things about turning up reasonably early to a gig is discovering a new act who is playing the support slot for the artist you came to see. Less than a year after seeing her play ahead […]
The Wood Brothers were in town last night, so was JD McPherson. You’d think Asheville, North Carolina, the “Brooklyn of the South” — where you can’t throw a yoga teacher without hitting a banjo picker — would be a big enough town to pack […]
When I saw Sam Outlaw for the first time last year he was so impressive. At King’s Place in London, where we’d gone to see Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison, we found that they weren’t the headliners as we’d expected […]
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