Tony Joe White's Bad Mouthin' Blues
If you're looking for a swamp thing, Tony Joe White is your go-to man. For the last 50 years, White has been thrashing around in the muck, regaling us with tales of swamp denizens he has been acquainted with. 1968's “Polk Salad Annie” introduced the
Retro-Cool New Jersey Soul Music Infused With Creative Brass & Vocal
This is a peculiar showcase and that’s exactly why I find it attractive – well, maybe not everything but the first track is a typical, pleasant pop-folk-rock easy-going song. What makes Danny Petroni interesting is this: he isn't going for nor is he preoccupied with
What Makes a Great Music City?
As of today, I will have been to 26 of the 50 states in this country (that’s a majority, for you mathematicians out there). I’ve seen a fair few music cities and music communities in my time touring, and as I round the corner on six years based
Takeaways from AmericanaFest 2018; or, WTF is Americana?
What if god is a 17-year-old girl with purple hair standing in front of a Marshall amp playing a red guitar? — David Olney
Most Asked Question of the Week
What the fuck is Americana?
Some asked in earnest, but to most it was a rhetorical musing about the
Big Jay McNeely: Drop Everything and Blow
Cecil “Big Jay” McNeely passed away Sunday from prostate cancer. The last surviving link to Los Angeles’ thriving Central Avenue jazz and R&B lifeforce was 91.
McNeely was born in Watts in 1927, when it was rural and milk was delivered by horse and buggy. Known then as
John Hiatt & the Goners Bring "Slow Turning" Anniversary Tour to A Close
It's been a privilege to watch the arc of John Hiatt's career. I say arc because I first saw John in concert in 1979, by then he had 3 albums out, so it was by no means the beginning of his career. At the time New