John Cowan: A Life in Music
John Cowan has been on bluegrass fans' radar since he first joined the ground-breaking New Grass Revival on bass and singing lead tenor, in 1974. Cowan's command of the vocals in that group came much to founding member and bluegrass great Sam Bush's surprise,
Stephen Stills "Look Each Other in the Eye" (Single Premiere)
Stephen Stills has never been reluctant to raise his voice in song when he sees “something happening here/what it is ain’t exactly clear.” On December 5, 1966, Buffalo Springfield recorded those now-classic, and often-repeated words, from Stills’ song “For What It’s Worth.” Although the song
Drive-By Truckers Piss Off the Assholes
It's hard to say just when the Drive-By Truckers outgrew their name--or even if the jokey moniker ever really fit them. Somewhere along the way they just stopped being the band that would dare to commit a drunken hoot-fest like "The President's
Bill DeVille's United States of Americana
I've seen Bill DeVille around the "halls" of the Americana Music Conference for a number of years. I finally struck up a conversation with him and immediately knew he was a kindred radio and music junkie.
Bill Frater: Where and when did you start in radio?
Capricorn Records and the Rise of Southern Rock
In 1974, the Charlie Daniels Band released “The South Gonna Do It,” which quickly became an anthem celebrating the rise and then-growing popularity of a style of music that became known as Southern rock. That phrase most often referred to a loose confederation of bands and singers hailing from
Harry Dean Stanton Award at The Theater at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
The Spanish Gothic United Artists Building, the current Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, was the perfect setting for the Vidiots Foundation's inaugural Harry Dean Stanton Award - presented to its nonagenarian namesake Sunday evening as the first in an annual recognition of artists who have helped define American