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In Appreciation of: Eric Clapton

In Appreciation of: Eric Clapton

Last month, Eric Clapton suggested that his days of touring are over. “The road has become unbearable,” he said. “It's become unapproachable, because it takes so long to get anywhere. It's hostile – everywhere: getting in and out of airports, traveling on planes and in cars.” Understandable,

Learning Songwriting at the Feet of Steve Earle

Learning Songwriting at the Feet of Steve Earle

Steve Earle has his eye on the history books. Not for himself, necessarily - though I doubt he’d object - but for his art form, “songwriting as literature.” With Camp Copperhead, Steve seemed to be trying to secure this form a place in history. “Four days of singing and

Legendary Bill Drake Signs Off

Legendary Bill Drake Signs Off

I help a friend of mine quite often run his bread route and we have to get up pretty early in the morning to get out on the road. We get to warehouse around 4am and the small radio is playing as we try to wake up and get ready

Two Buskers: Me and Pete Seeger

Two Buskers: Me and Pete Seeger

We sat down in a grimy corner on the main floor of Grand Central Station. A few other late night Saturday travelers straggled through, but it was as empty as I’d ever seen it. I was in my 20s with a guitar and my companion was in his late

Sarah McLachlan Shines On

Sarah McLachlan Shines On

In 1993 I was a musical outcast. The flames of grunge were burning through my middle school hallways, igniting the very essence of adolescence among my classmates, but I was solely drawn to the music of another era. I was thirteen years old at the time, immersing myself in the

Remembering Jeff Buckley: Songs of Tribute and Gratitude

Remembering Jeff Buckley: Songs of Tribute and Gratitude

On May 29, 1997, singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley and roadie Keith Foti were in Memphis, on their way to resume work on Buckley's sophomore album--the follow-up to Grace--when the singer made a spontaneous decision to go for a swim in the Wolf River. Unbeknownst to him, the Wolf (a

Glen David Andrews Finds 'Redemption' In Music

Glen David Andrews Finds 'Redemption' In Music

I'm standing on the corner of St. Phillip and N. Robertson in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans. It’s only noon but already the sun beats down and the air is thick with humidity. A bright red Cadillac pulls to the curb and a towering figure wearing