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Look Homeward Angel: The Life and Music of Steve Young

Look Homeward Angel: The Life and Music of Steve Young

When singer-songwriter Steve Young died in hospice care in Nashville on March 17 earlier this year, his son, Jubal Lee Young, issued a note of grace: “My father, Steve Young, passed peacefully tonight in Nashville. While it is a sad occasion, he was also the last person who could be

Townes Van Zandt At The Ash Grove 1996

Townes Van Zandt At The Ash Grove 1996

Back in the summer of 1996, I had the good fortune of booking Townes Van Zandt for one of his last performances in the United States. Earlier in the year, Ed Pearl, the founder of the Ash Grove, the legendary roots music venue in Los Angeles, had asked me to

Ramblin' With Jack Elliott -- Austin, Texas 1972

Jack Elliott is an extremely rare individual. As troubadours go, he is a legend. As a human being, he is an enigma. He represents many things to many people, but most of all he stands as one of the last of a unique breed of American male—the professional rambler.

The Legacy of Phil Ochs

By Sandy Carter November 1997 In the past three decades, the turbulent era known as "the 1960s" has been so worked over by the mainstream media that its become almost impossible to recall that these were years in which all of society's fundamental relations of power

Talking With Greg Brown

By Sandy Carter January 1998 With his craggy, expressive baritone voice set against an earthy, broad strain of sonic Americana (blues, country, gospel, folk, rock, and jazz), Greg Brown delivers portraits of small town America infused with all the little telling details and everyday emotions of ordinary life. There is