Anna Akhmatova Beckons Iris DeMent Toward ‘The Trackless Woods’
“Her poems exist in the context of eternity,” Angela Ball wrote of the Russian writer Anna Akhmatova in the New York Times (September 15, 1997). One might say the same about Iris DeMent’s songs. Like Akhmatova, DeMent has addressed controversial subject matters in unflinching stories of personal witness. And,
Featured: Former Wings’ Drummer Steve Holley & Patti Smith Bassist Tony Shanahan
Featured Performers: Former Wings’ Drummer Steve Holley and Patti Smith Bassist Tony Shanahan
I’ve been familiar with James Maddock’s music since 2000, when he released a major label (Columbia) album under the band name Wood -- called Songs From Stamford Hill. The lead off track “Stay You,” even
I Miss My Wife and I Miss My Home: A Night with Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin
Ever since relocating from Philadelphia to the city of Pueblo, CO, I've found myself searching for good live music. I happened on Songbird Cellars in the downtown area one night and they informed me that two singer-songwriters were coming to Pueblo the following week. The show happened last
Miles Davis at Newport 1955 - 1975
Review by Douglas Heselgrave
A new four CD box set featuring highlights from Miles Davis’ appearances at the Newport Jazz Festival 1955, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1975 as well as from Newport Jazz Festival in Europe 1971
With the dozens of albums he released during his lifetime, and the
A.J. Croce - That's Me in the Bar
This disc is a treasure. Someone sent me “Fit To Serve” in 1998 to review and this listener was ‘hooked’ from the git’ go, it was that compelling. Here was this singer songwriter who I said in my review, at that time, “(he either wrote or co-wrote 11 of the
Allison Moorer on Leonard Cohen in a Theater and Hayes Carll in Her Living Room
There were plenty of valid reasons for the five-year gap between Allison Moorer’s acclaimed 2010 album Crows and her new album Down to Believing.
“Well, I’ll give you the list,” she says when I ask. “I became a parent. I toured in Steve Earle’s band while getting