Stephen Stills: Sparkle and Fade, and Sparkle Again
Stephen Stills was once my favorite musician. That was long ago.
I was a little too young to appreciate his first acclaimed group, Buffalo Springfield, but I loved what he delivered in Crosby, Stills and Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the late 1960s and early '70s.
Dwight Yoakam Ends 2015 Strong In Ventura, with Brian Whelan Opening
For his sustained excellence as a songwriter and as a bandleader, there is no other musician touring now like Dwight Yoakam. He has released two records in the last three years that sound as innovative and distinct from contemporary country music as his debut did from Nashville's mainstream
Joan Shelley's "Over and Even"
It was a cold November afternoon when I called Kentucky songwriter Joan Shelley, and she was out walking her dog. I could practically hear the crisp winter air around her, and she was slightly breathless from the cold.
I was tasked with telling “her story,” but in the first few
The Unapologetic Apology of Stephen Kellogg: "The Last Man Standing"
This past May, in advance of his new concept album South, West, North, East, Stephen Kellogg played shows in Boston, New York, and Chicago, made up of "just songs [he'd] never played off an album that [wasn’t] out yet." Kellogg had already recorded the album,
Bob Dylan and "The Cutting Edge" -- A Gift That Keeps On Giving
Should you be one of the few, the happy few, who have a copy of the 18-disc Collector's Edition of Bob Dylan's latest Bootleg Series release, check your email -- and rejoice.
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12, in its collector's
Rick Roberts: Boost of Confidence Came from Jackson Browne
Sitting in Red Rocks amphitheater at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in 1975, I was mesmerized by the Colorado venue’s natural beauty and the rugged rock and roll of the Stephen Stills Band. Then band member Rick Roberts stepped to the microphone to sing “Colorado,” and the night