If I May Be So Bold: An Essay by Hayes Carll
All Aboard for More Tom Russell Adventures
Like Johnny Cash channeling Leonard Cohen with lyrics by Charles Bukowski, Tom Russell's latest is a collection of true-life vignettes accumulated over his wild and wooly past. Not all of the adventures are his, but he recounts them with the attitude of a man who's
David Gray and the Legacy of Romanticism
Romanticism is characterized by a desire for transcendence of the everyday; unity with God, a Higher Power, Nature, or Life; and harmony with the idealized lover or soulmate. As these cravings are ultimately unfulfillable, at least in any permanent sense, Romantic works of literature, art, and music exude palpable melancholy
BLUEGRASS RAMBLES: Ernie Evans and a New Approach to Bluegrass Festivals
Bluegrass music has a long and lively history in Florida, where we’re coming close to the end of another winter festival season. While many people who come to the Sunshine State love to cluster along the Atlantic or Gulf shores, or visit the attractions of Orlando, Florida, most of
New Collection Shows the Many Sides of John Hartford
This has been a good year for John Hartford fans. In the summer of 2018, Hartford’s daughter, Katie Harford Hogue, assisted by fiddler Matt Combs and musicologist and musician Greg Reish, compiled and narrated John Hartford’s Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes (StuffWorks Press Inc.), an astonishing anthology of
Austin Meade Puts Grunge Vibe to Fresh Use
The ripples of grunge are a funny thing. While as a standalone genre, it's pretty much extinct, some remnants have survived, weaving their way into other musical forms. And so the pleasant surprise of singer-songwriter Austin Meade's Waves is not just the clever lyrics, but