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Rob Caldwell

You, Your Sister, and a Classic Album

You, Your Sister, and a Classic Album

I was there – in Gainesville, Florida, during hometown band the Vulgar Boatmen’s late 80s / early 90s heyday. The band, with two leaders (Robert Ray and Dale Lawrence) located in different parts of the country (Ray a professor at the University of Florida), were the cutting edge of college rock,

Josh Rouse's "Under Cold Blue Stars" Revisited

Josh Rouse's "Under Cold Blue Stars" Revisited

On Under Cold Blue Stars, Josh Rouse’s third album, he became a truly accomplished songwriter – the kind who helps us see in the dark, illuminating the hidden corners of everyday life, and of the psyche. As the old cliché says, time flies. It’s been 13 years since that

Jackson Browne & David Lindley – Live at The Main Point 15th August 1973

Years ago someone gave me a copy, originally taped from a radio broadcast, of a 1975 Jackson Browne show from The Main Point in Bryn Mawr, PA. It’s a loose, spirited performance full of interaction with the crowd, some interesting covers, and a vibrant energy throughout. This is not

River Crombie - Light Trails

River Crombie - Light Trails

I first became aware of River Crombie through a YouTube video where he covered John Martyn’s 1967 track “Ballad of an Elder Woman”. This wasn’t your run-of-the-mill cover performed by some guy down the street in his living room. This had a timeless quality and was professional and

Billy Childs - Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro

Billy Childs - Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro

As Billy Childs, the man behind Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro, says in the album’s liner notes, Laura Nyro’s music is “first and foremost, American music: a stylistic melting pot, just as America is a kaleidoscope of cultures, races and belief systems.” This is evidenced by

Peggy Lipton - The Complete Ode Recordings

Peggy Lipton - The Complete Ode Recordings

Can you be nostalgic for a time and scene you never experienced or were maybe not even alive during? Bandanas and bell bottoms, lava lamps and love beads, cruising down the Pacific Coast Highway in a convertible Aston Martin - these are some of the images brought to mind listening