Lee Michaels: From Soul to Shrimp
Back in the day, he was a white soul prince with a top ten hit that still gets airplay on the classic oldies wavelengths. Today, Lee Michaels is a shrimp mogul, proprietor of Killer Shrimp, a sprawling 5,000-square-foot restaurant in Marina Del Rey Harbor that serves as the anchor
Your 50 Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018
Starting in January, with releases from folks like Anderson East, First Aid Kit, Steep Canyon Rangers, Mary Gauthier, and Calexico, and all the way through the past few weeks, 2018 has seemed like a nonstop firehose blast of new roots music. And we’re not complaining! There wasn’t a
A Revival of our Own: Why We Just Can't Quit the Man of Constant Sorrow
Look around you, and you’ll find the world is changing faster than you can blink. Everything from politics to technology to the weather, even, is evolving and metastasizing in a way we’ve never seen before.
Those of us in the millennial generation grew up being thrashed by the
The Band's With Me: Tour 1964-1975
In the interests of transparency, I have to admit that I've known Sally Mann Romano, off and on, for a very long time. We first brushed wings (or shoulders or possibly leather trousers) in the insane world of rock and roll nearly half a century ago.
We were
A 1967 Revisitation: The Youngbloods' 'Earth Music'
Last summer I saw Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore in concert before I had a chance to listen to their Downey to Lubbock album, and I was pretty surprised when they pulled out an artifact from the ’60s, well known as a hit for The Youngbloods. The late Chet
No Sophomore Slump For New Zealand Country Singer - 2nd LP: Mature Vocals & Songwriting
In the beginning, when a parent has a child, it’s a little obvious when that child puts on some weight, eats a little more, needs bigger shoes and starts to speak and then miraculously -- walk. They can see these achievements. But as a child gets older a parent