Four Decades after Forming, Magic Music Makes Debut Album
As John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High” and Coors beer alerted the rest of the country to the glories of Colorado in the 1970s, a band of hippie musicians called Magic Music left the Centennial State to make its mark nationwide.
The group, which began playing music together while living
In honor of the Irish holiday, the memory of Van Morrison's great Irish record
Something in the wind from the brooding clouds sent a shiver of melodic memory through me this afternoon. It's St. Patrick's Day and the song in the air seemed to nudge me with quiet insistence, as if to say, "How often 'tis, old lad,
John Oates' Change of Seasons
In his often entertaining, sometimes flat-as-pavement new memoir, Change of Seasons, John Oates energetically delivers a portrait of an artist as a man in search, superficially at least, of himself. Oates displays his typical manic energy in these pages as he jumps from his childhood and youth in
Sun Ra and NRBQ
Sun Ra----Singles---The Definitive 45s Collection 1952-1991: 63 tracks, a lot more than the one on the Evidence label (this is on Strut), and from the original masters, while at least some of the Evidence collection was from the low-budget 7" vinyls. Sounds great, and while
Songs of the Mystic
This is the second installment in a continuing series each St. Patrick’s Day, using modern and traditional Irish music to explore Irish history (the first entry, Songs of Hunger, can be found here). Artists featured in this article include Van Morrison, Alison Krauss, The Chieftains, Enya, and The Pogues.
Dave Rowe--- Maine's Modern Folk Troubadour
Perhaps I should clarify. Modern folk to me is the era of The Kingston Trio and Peter Paul & Mary and Pete Seeger. At one time, the folkies ruled the roost. I know because I have been alive that long. Dave Rowe knows because his father, Tom Rowe, was a