A Zesty Blend of Flavors at Louisiana's Blackpot Fest
I spent this past weekend at the Blackpot Festival and Cook-Off, which takes place in Lafayette, Louisiana. This year marked the festival’s 13th year of celebrating and preserving South Louisiana’s traditional culture of gathering around the cast-iron pot for music, dancing, and good food.
I’d been hearing
Hearts of Oak Take Outlaw Country Into Shoegaze Territory with 'Moves'
Portland, Oregon has its fair share of country and Americana-style bands – perhaps more than most people might think – but one of the standouts has long been an outfit called Hearts of Oak. On their fourth album, Moves, the band ventures into more psychedelic landscape as they fuse country, folk and
ODE TO BOBBIE GENTRY: CELEBRATING A LIVING LEGEND
ODE TO BOBBIE GENTRY:
CELEBRATING A LIVING LEGEND
TRIBUTE SHOW FOR
COUNTRY MUSIC CULT HEROINE
OCTOBER 30TH AT
THE BELLHOUSE IN BROOKLYN
In 1967, Bobbie Gentry released the Billboard chart topping and Grammy-winning single, “Ode to Billie Joe,” and followed up her enormous success with a string of popular albums
A Box Set Marks the 50th Anniversary of the Moody Blues's In Search of the Lost Chord
The Moody Blues—originally the R&B/pop group that produced the top 10 hit “Go Now”—took a big leap with November 1967’s Days of Future Passed, an ambitious concept album that they made in collaboration with a full orchestra. Eight months later, they took another jump
Tony Joe White's Swampy Legacy
He was the voice of the swamp people, his folksy, humorous accounts of the antics of his downhome neighbors in rural Louisiana providing him with a songwriting career that persuaded Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Brook Benton, Waylon Jennings, Ray Charles, and Tina Turner to cover his songs. Tony Joe White
David Crosby Still Trying to Get Back to the Garden
For people of a certain age, the highlight of David Crosby’s latest album Here If You Listen is a new rendition of “Woodstock.” Yes, that Woodstock — the 1969 one where a 28-year old Crosby was “scared shitless” along with his buddies Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young.
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