Karen Miller Tells Her Tale
Karen Miller, host of The Miller Tells Her Tale podcast and Now That's Americana on CMR Nashville, was one of the first music podcasters I heard and I always admired her passion, as well as her Scottish accent. Now we get to find out about her influences and
Sparkling, Consistent & Potent Jonatha Brooke Collection -- Features Eric Bazilian
My first introduction to Massachusetts’ Jonatha Brooke was when she released two albums as a duo called The Story with her partner in crime and also a fine solo artist Jennifer Kimball (“Veering from the Wave”). The Story, I will admit, were two albums I picked out of a $1.
Bob and the Band at the Brickyards: Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan first headed up the Hudson River to Ulster County, New York, almost 55 years ago. After Albert Grossman became his manager, in mid-1962, Dylan regularly skipped out of Manhattan to visit Grossman and his wife, Sally, in Bearsville. The sign on Route 212 in Bearsville says it was
Seattle's Skyboys--- The Lost Album
The Skyboys were about the best thing Seattle had going for it back in the late-seventies and early-eighties. I remember coming out of the record store I worked at on a rainy night and seeing lines around the block of people willing to brave the weather for a chance to
An Open Letter to Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters
I am sorry, Amanda, but we are just about done. I found you and The Honeycutters when you were struggling to become known. I loved writing about the best of the underdogs but underdog you are no more. Not only has the last year been good to you, it has
Searching for a Perfectly Good Guitar
The first time Pete Townshend smashed a guitar on stage, every guitarist not only cringed and got a little pissed off at Townshend for destroying an instrument that turned him into a great musician but also mourned the death of the music that would never more flow from that instrument.