Chris Smither World Cafe Live – Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa 1/10/2017 So, a few years ago, actually quite a few years ago I was dining at Olivier’s Creole Restaurant in New Orleans. Having ordered a cup of Gumbo for openers […]
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One thing about the Americana/roots scene (and arguably music in general these days) is that there are so many great bands flying under the radar that I’ll ‘discover’ a new one and say, “they’ve been around for how long?!?” Such […]
I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy some fantastic blues shows in some remarkable places. Watching the Royal Southern Brotherhood playing on the Legendary Rhythm And Blues Cruise to New Orleans as the moon rose behind them over the Gulf Of […]
On a mild evening in February we arrived in Loomis, Nebraska at our favorite concert venue, Rehmsworld Concerts at The Balcony. To say that this was not your usual night at a venue is an understatement. Being a Sunday, we […]
Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man includes a scene during which the nameless protagonist engages in a conversation with a homeless man who serves, fleetingly but portentously, as the novel’s clear-eyed prophet; the character who, removed from the repetitive struggles of quotidian […]
It was a natural thing. The excited, jovial, unaware chatter from the bar had been slowly building all night as the Real Music Club crowd at the Errigle Inn had eased into a gig we’d been waiting for since way […]
It may not be in quite the same league as the way young Brits like The Rolling Stones and Cream re-introduced Americans to their own blues heritage back in the Sixties and Seventies, but is the UK now exporting Americana […]
I was struck by a thought during this masterly, fun filled Mastersons performance. It was this: things are the wrong way round, given the qualities of their current musical output – rather than Chris and Eleanor playing as part of […]
“It’s like we’re in somebody’s living room” smiled Sarah Jarosz. “A real fancy, holy living room …” she added. “Yeah, like a church,” quipped lead guitarist Anthony da Costa. We were in 1st Presbyterian Church, Rosemary St, Belfast, with its […]
Aside from Suzy Bogguss, Tift Merritt must be the most personable musician currently performing That is no slight to others such as Rosanne Cash, Gretchen Peters, Mary-Chapin Carpenter and more who are all undoubtedly warm and welcoming, but they don’t […]
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