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Terry Roland

Remembering Richard Manuel: Just Outside the Spotlight

Remembering Richard Manuel: Just Outside the Spotlight

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

John Gorka and the Holiness of the Song

John Gorka and the Holiness of the Song

About halfway through this interview with veteran singer-songwriter John Gorka, a clear image started to emerge. For centuries holiness has been kept behind the walls of monasteries where the monks’ primary vocation is to hold the world outside in prayer through direct communication with the divine. There’s a

Unsung Heroes of Americana Music: The Return of The Sweethearts of the Rodeo

Unsung Heroes of Americana Music: The Return of The Sweethearts of the Rodeo

During the 60’s Southern California’s Manhattan Beach was not known for its country music. But, along with the surf culture that formed in earnest in the 50's, music was as constant a pre-occupation as baseball or football was to the youth of other towns. Early

For Jackie Guthrie: An Appreciation-Remembering Mrs. G

For Jackie Guthrie: An Appreciation-Remembering Mrs. G

"Sometimes at night she comes to me in dreams"…..from the song "Wake Up Dead” by Arlo Guthrie During the chill of a New England fall and as the ocean winds swept across the Florida coastline, with her family gathered around her, JackieGuthrie, 68, quietly left this

Justin Townes Earle: “Tryin’ to Move On”

Justin Townes Earle: “Tryin’ to Move On”

“Thirty years of running has left me standing with my back to the cold, and it’s left me most days wondering if I’ve ever really learned a thing at all. But I’m trying to move on.” — Justin Townes Earle In 1986 when singer-songwriter Steve Earle released

A Conversation with Noel Paul Stookey

A Conversation with Noel Paul Stookey

If anyone has taken the title of Dylan's classic song, "Forever Young" to heart, it's Noel Paul Stookey. For the last 50 years he has been best known as Paul of the popular folk trio, Peter, Paul & Mary. In a recent phone conversation,

Shaver and His Maker: From Hell-bound Honky Tonk Hero to Holy Roller

Shaver and His Maker: From Hell-bound Honky Tonk Hero to Holy Roller

Sometime in 1946 when legendary singer-songwriter, Billy Joe Shaver, was a child, he crawled out of the window of his grandmother’s house and followed the railroad tracks to downtown Corsicana, Texas. Homer & Jethro were playing a concert at the Wonder Bread Factory. Shaver made his way through