Ron Thomason: A National Treasure
The Dry Branch Fire Squad is celebrating its 40 anniversary on the road this year, and has played an important and illuminating role in bluegrass music for many years. The group's frontman, Ron Thomason, combines his usually gentle satirical humor with a song selection that relies heavily on
David Cousins (The Strawbs) on Sandy Denny, Bill Monroe, and More
My record collection was once filled with so many great bands who formed in the 1960s and 1970s that some got short shrift. My mistake.
Then, a few years ago, I finally went to see Savoy Brown for the first time and was blown away by the band — particularly the
My First Non-DJ: Americana Promoter Al Moss
After doing this for a few months, I decided it's time to venture beyond the usual DJ stable and interview some people who are in the business but not directly "on the air." Al Moss is a record promoter who has been in the "biz&
Sammy Walker's Near Forgotten Folk Masterpiece
Something happens when listening to singer-songwriter Sammy Walker that is hard to explain. On first listen to his new release of archived stripped down demos titled, Brown Eyed Georgia Darlin’, recorded in the mid-70s, it is easy to dismiss as yet another Dylan imitator from an era that regularly produced
Record Store Memories Revisited
It's the night before my column's deadline, and instead of thinking about music and coming up with some snappy subject matter, I'm sitting in front of the television watching CNN for what's become the daily Trump outrage. Today he called out the
Danny Alexander Talks about Mary J. Blige
Since 1992, when she dropped her first album, What's the 411?, Mary J. Blige — the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul — has released 11 albums. Her most recent came in 2014, The London Sessions, and at least eight of them have gone multiplatinum. Blige has won nine Grammys after 30