Oh, Shenandoah: Down the Valley with Bob Dylan in Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke is a beautiful small city cupped by the Blue Ridge Mountains, resting on the banks of the Roanoke River in the Roanoke Valley, which is at the southern tip of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. These places take their name from the Native American tribe living in what is
When is 36 live Bob Dylan CDs from 1966 not enough?
The new 36-CD box set, The 1966 Live Recordings, is an amazing journey back to an exciting time in music history. It follows many of the dates from Bob Dylan’s legendary, groundbreaking half-acoustic, half-electric tour of that year. (See my previous, more generalized review.) Dylan, backed here by ⅘ of
Best Ever? Bob Dylan Live in 1966
Many noteworthy events happened 50 years ago: France withdrew from NATO, India suffered its worst famine in 20 years, Medicare began in the USA and the Supreme Court decided the Miranda vs. Arizona case, which established rights for people accused of a crime.
The entertainment industry also had its share
The Strength of Samson
This is the recently released second full length album from Canadian singer-songwriter, John K. Samson. His first, Provincial, came out in 2012. There is a clue here to the man and his work; despite Winter Wheat containing 15 songs, Samson does not rush them out, writing only three or four
John Cowan: A Life in Music
John Cowan has been on bluegrass fans' radar since he first joined the ground-breaking New Grass Revival on bass and singing lead tenor, in 1974. Cowan's command of the vocals in that group came much to founding member and bluegrass great Sam Bush's surprise, since
Stephen Stills "Look Each Other in the Eye" (Single Premiere)
Stephen Stills has never been reluctant to raise his voice in song when he sees “something happening here/what it is ain’t exactly clear.” On December 5, 1966, Buffalo Springfield recorded those now-classic, and often-repeated words, from Stills’ song “For What It’s Worth.” Although the song quickly became