Leon Russell Has Home Sweet Oklahoma on his Mind
Oklahoma native son, Master of Space and Time and hugely influential musician Leon Russell is going back to Tulsa one more time. August 6, Russell and his talented band will perform at The Joint in The Hard Rock Casino. This Rock & Roll Hall of Famer who brought us “Tight
Frazey Ford - Indian Ocean
Up until now, Canadian-born Frazey Ford is best known for her work as a member of the Vancouver trio The Be Good Tanyas. Indian Ocean (2015 – Nettwerk) is her second solo outing, the first being Obadiah, which was released in 2010.
Indian Ocean reflects a good deal of feeling. Take
Talking with Elijah Wald about His Book, "Dylan Goes Electric!"
By now, the story is familiar: angry folk music purists were incensed at Bob Dylan, whom they had begun to revere as an eccentric, but ingenious, songwriter. Like a Messianic figure, he had come out of nowhere to New York City, assuming the mantle of a prophet (not that he
A Larger Living Room, a Taller Stage: Watkins Family Takes It on the Road
Folk music, in all of its forms, is about family – the universal family of artists and audience. It’s a worldwide family of restless human souls who find melodic expressions of love and redemption calling them toward their best selves.
Since 2002, Sara and Sean Watkins – best known as sibling
British Band Quill Is a Most Unlikely Ensemble
Quill’s story is an unlikely tale, to say the least. This self-described British country/folk/rock collective currently includes at least two members with unusual credentials: Brian Tateler was once a member of the metal band Diamond Head, and drummer Bev Bevan’s resume includes founding membership in ELO
Going Back to Townes Van Zandt's "Proud Mountains," to Anyone's Mountains
And lay me down easy where the cool rivers run/
With only my mountains ‘tween me and the sun — Townes Van Zandt, “My Proud Mountains”
A Westerly Cultural Travel Journal
I recently drove back out to Colorado, which is not my home. But something draws me back, which feels as