San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Up Close & Personal
If it is October, it’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass time at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Once again readers of this column will be able to experience, up close and personal, that autumnal gathering via the photos and words of Peter Dervin, with additional photos by Holly Horn.
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Music is Food and Life for DJ and Performer Tom Gillam
Tom Gillam is not only a recording artist but also a morning DJ in New Braunfels, TX, which is outside of San Antonio and home of the classic honky-tonk Gruene Hall. He also hosts the Cosmic Power Hour on KNBT and still finds time to tour and record and raise
The White Buffalo Shines Light on all the Shades of Life's Beauty
Darkest Darks Lightest Lights, the sixth full-length from songwriter Jake Smith (better known as The White Buffalo) was released earlier this month. Most of the compositions were penned in the studio, creating a sense of urgency. This energy and swagger comes through in this collection of 10 storied songs. The
Tragedy Strikes, But the Songs Live On
Posthumous Release of Chris Porter and the Bluebonnet Rattlesnakes
Release Date: October 20 by Cornelius Chapel Records
On October 19, 2016, a semi-truck barreled into the back of a van carrying Chris Porter, Mitchell Vandenburg, and Adam Nurre. The musical trio had departed South Carolina in route to Baltimore when
Bluegrass Goes Electric: Country and Rock & Roll Influence the Genre
Bill Monroe once said in an interview with George Gruhn: “Bluegrass is a pure music. You follow the melody right, and you don't put in no hot, know-it-all fiddle that don't belong in there” (Ewing 2006, p. 195). Bluegrass music as we know it today was
Stephen Bruton, Nick Lowe, Jack White Help Power JD Simo
Powerhouse Nashville guitarist JD Simo may never forget a night when he played at the Saxon Pub in Austin, Texas, about 13 years ago. He remembers the evening, though, not for his band’s performance but rather for the prowess of the headliner, Stephen Bruton.
“We actually opened the show,