Thirty Years With Lucinda Williams
In the mid-1980s I became immersed in the world of jazz and cabaret -- there were a load of clubs, cafes, and piano bars liberally strewn throughout New York. Within just a ten-minute walk from where I was living in Hell’s Kitchen, there was at least one such place
David Bowie Outside the Circle: The Singer-Songwriter Years 1967-1973
2016 has begun as a year of passages witth a reminder of all things temporal especially the death of our culture heroes. It is a time for changes.
For the iconic rock artist David Bowie and those who traveled along on his musical ride over the last 49 years, the
David Bowie, New Yorker
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, David Robert Jones was born to Peggy and John Jones in Brixton, southwest London. He was an imaginative child, by reports, and had musical aspirations as well as talent early on. His cousin Kristina Amadeus recently wrote, in a letter to
Orenda Fink Will Never Forget Nina Simone
Jazz is usually not a part of Orenda Fink’s musical palette, but the 23rd Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival presented the best concert she has ever seen.
Nina Simone stepped on the amphitheater stage at Chastain Park on May, 26, 2000, and there was magic in the air.
“I had
Tedeschi Trucks' Gospel Soul
They call it Swamp Raga. Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi came up with that name for their home recording studio in Jacksonville, Florida, but it's a fitting label for their sound as well. Bolstered by analog technology, tube amps, and vintage recording gear, the Tedeschi Trucks Band has
How the Sausage Gets Made on "The Boudin Barndance"
Hiding out in the upper right corner of the states, in Rhode Island, we have "Boudin" Dan Ferguson, whose philosophy and "work" ethic I greatly appreciate.
Bill Frater: Where and when did you start in radio? What other stations have you worked at, and what were