Washington, DC: Once the Capital of Bluegrass
I went to a small Quaker boarding school in suburban Chester County, Pennsylvania, during the late 1950s. A small group of guys, mostly two years ahead of me, regularly sneaked down to Sunset Park in the southern part of the county, just north of the Maryland line, to hear country
A Conversation with Gregg Allman
Gregg Allman, founding member of the legendary Allman Brothers Band, is a gifted blues musician. Allman’s soulful, distinctive voice is as much a part of the American musical landscape as Hendrix’ guitar work or Bob Dylan’s poetic lyrics.
Allman, a 1995 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee,
Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) Credits McCartney, the Nightriders
Martin Barre wants to bring audiences back to the lively concerts of decades ago on his current U.S. spring tour.
“I want to play gigs like they were in the early ’70s and ’80s — full of of energy and full of music,” says the long-time Jethro Tull guitarist who
Allen Toussaint on Vinyl - "New" From 1975
It does not sit well with a part of me that Record Store Day (which in Britain was on April 16) brings with it new vinyl that could be seen as exploitative. This year, for example, brought no less that three David Bowie offerings. In a similar vein, RSD 2016
Tedeschi Trucks Articulates Their Full Voice and Vision on "Let Me Get By"
The Tedeschi Trucks Band's vision of collective aspiration and individual empowerment permeates their stirring new album, Let Me Get By.
Susan Tedeschi’s soul-stirring voice soars and dips more majestically than ever, on an eagle’s wing. Listen to “Anyhow.” It’s a broken heart with tenacious muscles.
The Lumineers' Roving American Literature
The Lumineers write songs with pores, songs that age, and songs can sustain meaning—or diversify meaning—over the course of years.
Over the course of four years, to be precise.
Proof of that exists on the band's rustic, self-titled debut, which, save for a few rogue YouTube