THE LONG HAUL: Passing the Mic, Part 2
This month, I’ve been working on learning and unlearning, and trying to do better in the fight for racial justice. Somewhere in that process, it came to my attention that my voice is not the one that needs to be heard on this platform right now. So I asked
Courtney Marie Andrews on John Prine and Pouring Her Heart Out on ‘Old Flowers’
Last year, Courtney Marie Andrews was in Lisbon, Portugal, taking some time away from home to write. One evening at a fado cafe, she hit it off with a Portuguese poet after playing a song for him. Deep into the night, he recited songs and poems to her. One in
Rhiannon Giddens and Ben Harper on Collaboration and Common Ground
Rhiannon Giddens and Ben Harper had heard about each other for years, but they hadn’t met until they found themselves in the same room for a Grammy Museum event last year.
Harper heard Giddens perform with her partner Francesco Turrisi at the event, and when they chatted afterward they
S.G. Goodman Gives ‘Old Time Feeling’ an Exciting New Voice
All it takes is a few notes from the opening track of S.G. Goodman’s debut album, Old Time Feeling, to know you’re about to hear something singular and special. Blessed with a one-of-a-kind voice that cuts through the atmosphere like a sharp blade, Goodman sings the kind
THE READING ROOM: Remembering Charlie Daniels Through His Memoir
When Charlie Daniels died last week, the tributes and accolades poured in from friends and fellow musicians. In their own ways, they each focused on Daniels’ contribution to music, his deep religious faith, and his loyal friendship and generosity and grace.
Doug Gray of the Marshall Tucker Band — which, along
Unexpected Heartbreak Fuels David Ramirez’s Powerful ‘My Love Is a Hurricane’
“August of ‘83 / Alicia came to wreck my city,”
David Ramirez
sings on My Love Is a Hurricane’s title track. “Six days before I was born / I’d like to think that was some kind of warning.”
As the fourth of 10 songs, “My Love is a Hurricane” hits