A Joyously Militant Celebration of Joe Hill With Tom Morello and Friends
Today is the 100th anniversary of the execution of Joe Hill, labor radical and forefather of all American protest music. Hill was honored and celebrated on Tuesday night with a truly incredible, beyond sold out show put on by Tom Morello and his friends to carry on the rabble rousing
Townes Van Zandt At The Ash Grove 1996
Back in the summer of 1996, I had the good fortune of booking Townes Van Zandt for one of his last performances in the United States. Earlier in the year, Ed Pearl, the founder of the Ash Grove, the legendary roots music venue in Los Angeles, had asked me to
Looking Back at the First All-Female Bluegrass Band
I’ll admit that I bought this record for the cover. It was spendy at the record store ($9.95 at House of Records in Eugene, Oregon), but that cover just popped -- bright yellow, with great, cartoon-y art.
I did a quick Google search on my phone and found
I Was 15 and Interviewing Fleetwood Mac: A Memoir
Sometimes a door is unlocked and you’re meant to open it.
On a cold October night in Manhattan, the way to the Beacon Theatre box office wound around a square block on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Walking behind the historic theater on Broadway two hours before showtime, I
One Hit Wonders? Hardly.
Folks of a certain age no doubt remember when Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" blew across the music world, with its easy, masculine twang and inherent sensuality. It was a huge hit for Isaak in 1989, but hardly the only trick up his sleeve. A dozen albums
Extra Large Pizza Tapes Serve Up Tasty Seconds
As the story goes, The Pizza Tapes, originally released in 2000, got its name after a pizza delivery boy lifted Jerry Garcia’s copy. That the enterprising crew found the name amusing speaks to the conviviality of the sessions, as warm and intimate as an informal living room jam.
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