Terry Roland

Garrison Keillor is a sneaky guy. Over the last 40 years he has quietly, but consistently, worked his way into the homes of America on that forgotten medium – live radio broadcasts – from his home in Minnesota. He was retro before retro was even close to cool. Like Mark Twain and

In lithography, when an image is being reproduced, the print that sets the standard by which all other reproductions will be measured is called the "Artist Proof."   When he decided to use this as the name for his first solo album, singer-songwriter and session player,Chris Darrow

"You don't make music for immortality, you make music for the moment, capturing the sheer joy of being alive on planet Earth... Everybody should live it that way."    Ray Manzarek In the summer of 1967 The Doors played the Anaheim Convention Center. I was 12 years

Last June, with what felt like a last breath of grief, my brother, sister-in-law and I drove down the Abilene Highway that runs between Dallas and Abilene, Texas. With the hot summer wind on our backs, we rolled toward a small town, Winters, where my mother’s casket

“There were other lonely singers In a world turned deaf and blind Who were crucified for what they tried to show And their words can be found scattered Through the swirling winds of time Cause the truth remains no one wants to know.” From Kris Kristofferson’s “To Beat the

Some losses in the culture of music are immeasurable simply by the silence that falls in the aftermath of their absence. For Richard Manuel, who lost his struggle with addiction and depression on March 4, 1986, the silence was all too real and too loud. All five members of The