The 'Effortless' Performance that Made Chris Smither Feel Lucky
Chris Smither’s new double album is titled Call Me Lucky, and he surely sounds like a man with no complaints.
“Call me lucky” are the first words he sings on the album’s first song “The Blame’s on Me,” and “on reflection,” Smither tells me, “I decided that
The Pleasures of Following Patti Smith on Instagram
Patti Smith is a singer-songwriter, performer, poet, and philosopher. Did you know she is also a photographer?
Since March of this year, Smith has been posting photographs, many taken by herself, along with others meaningful to her and upon which she provides keen and lovely commentary, on her official
1977 Solo Album Provided Phillips a Fetching Turn in the Spotlight
Upon the 1970 dissolution of the Mamas and Papas, three of the four members carved out solo careers, while Michelle Phillips departed the music world for a career as an actress. Five years later she edged back into the studio with the singles “Aloha Louie” and “No Love Today,” and
An American Original Releases An Exceptional Collection of Life Songs - First In 4 Decades
If you’re a fan of Bob Dylan, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Townes Van Zandt, Chip Taylor, Kris Kristofferson, Lee Hazelwood and Buddy Miller you must already be familiar with the voice and exceptional varied facility of Kinky Friedman. A singer-songwriter, author, politician, and satirist who has been around the
A Contemplative Jeffrey Foucault
On his eleventh release, Blood Brothers, Jeffrey Foucault offers folkish soundscapes and accessible narratives, exploring such perennial themes as loneliness and the randomness of life. The album opens with “Dishes,” setting the introspective tone of the project. Foucault’s harmonies with wife Kris Delmhorst add compelling textures to the track,
Back to Chickasaw Land: Bobbie Gentry left Mississippi, but it never left her
by Tara Murtha
The first sound on Bobbie Gentry’s 1968 album The Delta Sweete is a single steel string plucked so hard the vibration buzzes into the microphone like a mosquito zipping too close to an eardrum. Gentry sings, “La la la la la” and then higher, with a