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Doug Heselgrave

Down in Flames - Steve Forbert rescues a Phoenix from the Ashes

Down in Flames - Steve Forbert rescues a Phoenix from the Ashes

A conversation with Doug Heselgrave It’s a story that’s often overshadowed the music itself. Mention Steve Forbert to anyone old enough to remember and you’re likely to get two responses. The first is ‘Didn’t he sing that song, Romeo’s Tune?’ And, the second is ‘Wasn’

Tom Waits Glitter and Doom Live

Tom Waits Glitter and Doom Live

Glitter and Doom Live By Tom Waits Review by Douglas Heselgrave (ANTI) Tom Waits doesn’t tour much anymore. At this point in his life and career, he probably doesn’t have to do much of anything he doesn’t want to do. At a time when many artists of

Leonard Cohen at the Isle of Wight

Leonard Cohen at the Isle of Wight

By Leonard Cohen DVD directed by Murray Lerner Review by Douglas Heselgrave After five days of sleeping outdoors in the wind, cold and rain with little to eat, the crowd of 600,000 people who gathered at the 1970 Isle of Wight festival were more than a little shifty and

Winterland June 1977 - The Complete Recordings by the Grateful Dead

Winterland June 1977 - The Complete Recordings by the Grateful Dead

Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings By the Grateful Dead Review by Douglas Heselgrave How much Grateful Dead is too much Grateful Dead? The answer to that question certainly depends to a large extent what side of the bus you’re riding on. For those who never hopped on, the

A beautiful acoustic set from Jerry Garcia and John Kahn

Pure Jerry Volume 8: Jerry Garcia and John Kahn – Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael California, February 28, 1986 (Jerry Made Live Recordings) Review by Douglas Heselgrave More than a decade after Jerry Garcia’s demise, the folks at Grateful Dead HQ just keep on pumping out archival releases at

Ferron's Boulder

If the voice that is talking is never your own, Then who’s going to tell you that you finally come home? -from Never Your Own If the world was fair and the acclaim an artist received was based solely on merit, Ferron would be a star. But, Ferron has