As Roger Lion, Joe Pernice and Josh “Budo” Karp Make Acoustic Music for a Hip-Hop World
The horns, opening somewhere between a 21st century sonata and a street-side soul riff, raise the fine hairs at the back of your neck. When Joe Pernice’s voice eases in like the boy next door, it’s purer than you’ve ever heard it – like a bell with
Ian Tyson Remembers Mark Knopfler Fondly; Dylan, Not So Much
As Ian Tyson approaches his 82nd birthday Sept. 25, don’t presume for a minute that he is no more than a tired, over-the-hill folksinger who once penned a great song, "Four Strong Winds," as part of a long-gone duo Ian & Sylvia. Tyson, a
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
He looks like Big Dam Band leader Reverend Peyton, dances like James Brown, and sings like a holy ghost revival preacher at a backwoods camp meeting. Nathaniel Rateliff and his band the Night Sweats lay it down hard and soulful, recalling the exuberance and bombast of great r&b
50 Years into His Career, Books about Van Morrison Are Hard to Find
Van Morrison – you either love him or hate him. Although, just maybe, there's one Van Morrison song that, no matter how people feel about him, brings back memories of a certain time and place in their life whenever it comes on the radio or when someone drops the
Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, and Lucinda Williams Live at the Country Music Hall of Fame
It was a night not to be missed. While Rosanne Cash has long been friends with both Lucinda Williams and Emmylou Harris and has appeared with each of them, the three had never been together on the same stage before. So, Cash took the opportunity to rectify that on the
50 Years after Fincastle, the Story of Bluegrass Continues
This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the first multi-day bluegrass festival, held at Cantrell's horse farm in Fincastle, Virginia, on Labor Day weekend of 1965. For three days, bluegrass fans traipsed down from New York City, Washington, D.C., Buffalo, New York, Kentucky, further west and