John Hiatt and The Goners with Sonny Landreth Celebrate Slow Turning's 30th Birthday
In our record collections there are many albums that have become old friends. We may not meet that often, but when we do the pleasure is undiminished. For these pals we may even celebrate special anniversaries, of their release or perhaps what was going on when we bought them. One
The Many Mind-blowing Covers of I'm With Her
When the evening of Tuesday, June 19th rolled around, I was resigned. It was the eve of my annual Summer Solstice vacation—a migratory pattern I’ve maintained as a measure of self-care. I needed it as much as ever this time around. I’m naturally restless, so even
Grateful Jam with SiriusXM's Rob Bleetstein
After interviewing around 100 DJs, artists, and music industry people, this will be my last Radio Friendly column. I've known Rob Bleetstein for many years, and he is the perfect person for the last column. In addition to running SiriusXM's Grateful Dead and Pearl Jam channels,
Stumbling across the Singing Nun
I confess I have not thought about the Singing Nun for years, although occasionally that tune does get stuck in my head. (It is now - "Dominique, nique, nique ") So imagine my rather twisted musical joy at having the convent of the Missionary Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of
Something's Happening Here
On May 5, 1968, Buffalo Springfield (Richie Furay, Dewey Martin, Bruce Palmer, Stephen Stills, and Neil Young), the band that launched a thousand — well, several, anyway — bands that would define country-rock music in the late '60s and early '70s, performed its final concert. Furay would soon form
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