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Neil Reshen, March 3, 1939-December 6, 2014

Neil Reshen, March 3, 1939-December 6, 2014

Of the too-many notables in the music world who passed away in 2014, one did not, perhaps, get his due in many roots and Americana publications. His name was Neil Reshen. Many of you are asking, who is Neil Reshen? Without him, the face of country music, alt-country, Americana, and

Marti Jones - You're Not the Bossa Me

When I first met Marti Jones, several years ago, I had the temerity to tell her that I came know her husband Don Dixon through her, not the other way around. And, like the unabashed fan that I was, I brought my favorite LP for her to autograph. I have

Chris Smither - Still on the Levee, A Fifty Year Retrospective

Chris Smither - Still on the Levee, A Fifty Year Retrospective

I first heard Chris Smither in 1970. Not live, unfortunately, but on vinyl when picking up his first record I'm A Stranger Here Myself on the Poppy label, unheard, for the simple reason that it was Townes' label. I figured -- rightly so -- any label that

Joseph Arthur - Lou

Joseph Arthur - Lou

There are some moments in a musical life that are magical. This morning is one of those unexpected moments. A light rain falls in central West Virginia as the blackberries begin to ripen early this year, turning from a brilliant red to that luscious, Mercedes-Benz black, and the mail belatedly

Bob Dylan's Americanarama Festival of Music, Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 6, 2013

Bob Dylan's Americanarama Festival of Music, Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 6, 2013

Cincinnati is an easy town to visit from anywhere. The Riverbend Music Center is even easier, just minutes off the Appalachian Highway that cuts through southern Ohio farm country, sitting on the Ohio River next to what used to be Coney Island Amusement Park along State Route 52. Just a

Emmylou Harris & Daniel Lanois: "Wrecking Ball" at Marathon Music Works, Nashville, October 24, 2012

Emmylou Harris & Daniel Lanois: "Wrecking Ball" at Marathon Music Works, Nashville, October 24, 2012

I first heard Emmylou Harris quite by accident on the radio station WBAI in 1970 while visiting New York for my writing gig in Philadelphia. It was a short set, perhaps just 30 minutes or so in the studio, but what piqued my interest at first was that David Bromberg

Come On All You Asheville Boys: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings at the Orange Peel, August 5, 2011

Come On All You Asheville Boys: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings at the Orange Peel, August 5, 2011

It was a hot and humid day in Asheville, the streets were full, new construction seemingly everywhere and the new happening tapas bar in town -- Curate -- was gleaming with genuines and pretenders with a waitress who was happy to have moved there from D.C. The only way