Robert Hecht Makes Solo Debut as Bobby Hawk
Bobby Hawk’s first solo album Lights On Kinks Out is one of those releases that requires a few listens. After my first run-through, I thought “meh.” The second left me a bit more positive. When I heard it for the third time, I thought “This isn’t half
BLUEGRASS RAMBLES: A Fresh Look at Earl Scruggs and ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown’
Thomas Goldsmith opens his biographical portrait of Earl Scruggs and his greatest artistic achievement, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” by setting the scene in both Scruggs’ early childhood home of Flint Hill, North Carolina, and the Herzog recording studio in Cincinnati, Ohio, where this epic song was first recorded in 1949, creating
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, Travelin’ Thru Tennessee
The latest installment of Bob Dylan’s official bootleg series, out Nov. 1 on Columbia Records, is a generous grab-bag of four separate moments from the past. Its three discs feature new songs you’ve never heard, new versions of decades-old favorites, and cleaned-up tracks from the
Lankum’s 'The Livelong Day' Challenges the Confines of Traditional Music
Despite a penchant for song collection and resurrection and instrumentation that references the rich culture of their island nation, Irish four piece Lankum is not a traditional band. Based in Dublin and comprised of brothers Ian and Daragh Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada, and Radie Peat, Lankum creates moody songs that simultaneously
Kinky Friedman Rises Again
When you've been a part of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue; partied with John Belushi; hung out with Iggy Pop; hosted parties that attracted Jack Nicholson, Joni Mitchell, Dylan, and hundreds more; written north of 30 books; not to mention run for agriculture commissioner and governor
Five Generations of Carters Celebrate The Carter Family’s Songs and Sound
It's as advertised, a tribute to the original three members of The Carter Family delivered by a family tree full of Carters, spanning five generations of the first family of roots music's legacy. Scrolling through the list of family contributors is like wading through the begats