Rodney Crowell is still at the peak of his creative powers at 66. On January 23rd as a part of the GRAMMY Museum’s ongoing Americana Music series, he seemed like an artist half his age still learning and growing in the […]
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They’ve been doing it a long time. All the time. Together all the time. They are reliant on each other. It all rubs raw as the artists smooth the path again. Countless times, repetition, perfecting, synchronizing, countdowns reaching out again […]
The magic of the artist is often transformational. He takes the ordinary and alchemizes it into something transcendent. On Friday, January 20, singer/songwriter Kev Wright, and his new band The Journey Road Grit and Gravel Snake Oil Company, gathered the […]
If the standard of live music for the year to come is indicated by the first gig then 2017 is going to be very special indeed. Jolie Holland and Samantha Parton, founders of the Be Good Tanyas, got back together […]
Nearly a year ago two long established singer-songwriters from either side of the Atlantic, Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, made a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles via Texas. On the way they recorded a series of railroad songs […]
Lake Street Dive at the Magic Mirrors Speigeltent, Hyde Park, for Sydney Festival, Friday June 13th For sure, I’m not in Lake Street Dive’s intended demographic. But here I am, a certified baby-boomer, listening to Rachael Price singing the title song […]
It took until the middle of the final day at 30A Songwriters Festival, as Caroline Spence was singing in a dark tent about watered-down whiskey, for me to remember that not everyone in the audience was a songwriter. For many […]
An expounded evening of rock-n-roll spanning the ‘80s all the way to present day was hosted by the glorious World Café Live, Philadelphia. David Lowery and two of his creative vehicles, Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker reigned supreme on Friday […]
Folk music festivals everywhere tend to be pretty casual affairs. The music is revered and celebrated, but not so much that everyone has to Take It Very Seriously. It’s about being human together, listening to each other, with music. There’s […]
Every now and again Aly Hirji reminded me of George Michael. No it’s true, stop laughing. Hirji plays rhythm guitar and gorgeous mandolin with country blues-rockabilly-skiffle-jugband, The Dodge Brothers, and to be honest I really don’t think he needs anybody […]
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