Film: Acoustic, Lucinda Williams and Wise Blood
The Modern School of Film, in collaboration with The Carolina Theatre in Durham, NC, presented “Film: Acoustic, Lucinda Williams” on January 26th (which happened to be Lucinda’s birthday and, yes, the audience did sing "Happy Birthday" and The Carolina Theatre gave her a cake). I saw the
Boston Roots Rockers, Adam Ezra Group, Take Off
The Adam Ezra Group has built its reputation on self-described "sweaty, passionate," and enduring live performances.
In fact, the Boston area ensemble's shows have become so notable that its fervent Northeast following has swapped more than 100 live bootleg recordings, which wouldn't be
Whiskey Shivers Bring "Trashgrass" To The People
Donning his signature shoeless and shirtless attire, fiddler and singer Bobby Fitzgerald carries a playful country sensibility as he swaps stories of the road with his bandmates. The members of Whiskey Shivers are backstage at Austin’s Red 7, ready to open for the Legendary Shack Shakers. The mood is
Gretchen Peters - Blackbirds
there ain’t no boat, there ain’t no train
to take us back the way we came
ain’t no shelter from this hard rain
the cure for the pain is the pain
Writing this I am weeks away from the death of a high school friend, taken by
Shades of Kottke, Fahey & Tommy Emmanuel
First there was the eccentric master of guitar John Fahey and then in the 1970’s came a Fahey protégé named Leo Kottke who more people have become familiar. Later, came Esteban, and later still, Australian guitar-virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel who started to make people sit up and listen to
Another Country: The Americana Chart Turns 20
On this date in 1995, radio trade publication the Gavin Report first published its Americana radio chart. The 20 years since have flashed by like lightning. In that time, Americana music, as a category, has grown from a chart to a Grammy category designation, led in no small part by