Talking about Life with Candi Staton
It's so great to have Candi Staton back. Not that she ever went away, but on her new album, Life Happens (Beracah/Fame), her voice resonates with a force that shouts, "I'm here to tell you that bad stuff happens in life all the time,
Steven Fromholz - Part 3, A Biography
On Monday 26th May, a Steven Fromholz Memorial Concert will be held at Threadgill Theatre as part of the 2014 Kerrville Folk Festival. A reminiscence of the Memorial Concert will form the fourth and final part of this tribute to the late musician. A Steven Fromholz interview dating from 1986
Ben and Ellen Harper - Childhood Home
Ben Harper recorded a new album--with his Mom, Ellen Harper. Fittingly, it's titled Childhood Home, and every note and lyric conjures up those feelings of family and home that aren't contained in a house, but in a heart. These hearts are full of shared lifetimes that
John Fullbright - Songs
It’s enigmatic. Songs, simply for the sake of the words and melody…
As with Fullbright’s studio debut From the Ground Up (2012), Songs was co-produced with Wes Sharon and recorded at the latter’s studio 115 Recording in Norman, Okla. Songs delivers, in the main, stripped down renditions
Roger Street Friedman - The Waiting Sky
After swimming through a myriad of albums in recent weeks - many of them excellent - I came across an artist that sounds like he’s been already around for decades. It was the confidence in his voice, the maturity and polish. He was compelling and seasoned. I came to
Mark Sebastian Tells the Real Story
He is a kindred spirit. He’s seen the land from coast to coast. Eastern waters and the western, Pacific shores are familiar to him. So is the music, from the soul songs of Detroit, to the urban blues of New York City. The easy pop texture of his brother’