Best Ever? Bob Dylan Live in 1966
Many noteworthy events happened 50 years ago: France withdrew from NATO, India suffered its worst famine in 20 years, Medicare began in the USA and the Supreme Court decided the Miranda vs. Arizona case, which established rights for people accused of a crime.
The entertainment industry also had its share
The Strength of Samson
This is the recently released second full length album from Canadian singer-songwriter, John K. Samson. His first, Provincial, came out in 2012. There is a clue here to the man and his work; despite Winter Wheat containing 15 songs, Samson does not rush them out, writing only three or
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?