Susan Cowsill Was Moved by Karla Bonoff, Shaken by Katrina
Celebrating the the release of their new double album Drifted: In the Beginning and Beyond, Susan Cowsill and fellow members of the Continental Drifters will reunite to perform two shows next weekend at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Los Angeles.
It will be another unique chapter in Cowsill’s career
The Sons of Bill: An Entire Family's Musical Agenda, the Secular and the Metaphysical
Some ten years ago, two brothers took their guitars to an open mic in Charlottesville, VA, the cozy college town of the University of Virginia. On impulse, the brothers introduced themselves as the sons of Bill, which they are, sons of Bill Wilson, a professor (now emeritus) of theology (which
Robin Lane: When Things Go Right
I'm Zelig, Robin Lane says, laughing.
She's joking, but the label also fits.
Lane may be a footnote now -- her group Robin and the Chartbusters had one of the first videos on the first day of MTV -- but for two decades she was in the flow
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