Roots for a Rounder: A Talk with Benny Sidelinger
Hearth Note: The Shiftless Rounders came on to the scene back when MySpace was all the rage, and they had a remarkably compelling byline that excited my youthful imagination: "If Kurt Cobain had been from West Virginia...." And then I heard "Pink," their version of the
The Wood Brothers – The Muse
The Wood Brothers’ Smoke Ring Halo (2011) is one of the best albums I’ve heard in a long time, so it was with some apprehension that I slid the band’s new CD into my player. Could anything really compare to that superlative effort? If the band is The
Box Sets and More Thoughts about the Grateful Dead. Really?
A convergence of thoughts came to me, prompted by the headline and picture to the left from the NPR website.
Thought #1: The author in this piece basically is questioning the need for yet more box sets by Dylan and Morrison who are the focus here, but not the only
Emmylou Harris - Cowgirl's Prayer Revisited
This morning, my commute to work in Washington, D.C. was especially brutal with train delays due to track problems and bus delays due to the rain. A local news agency asked followers what they’d be doing to remain calm and patient.
I could think of no other way
John Prine's Great Days Anthology Revisited
I've had the liner notes for Great Days, The John Prine Anthology, in my briefcase for a while, thinking that when I had the opportunity, I'd read them. I mean, I'm only 20 years late in doing so. The record came out in 1993,
"Magpie and the Dandelion" by The Avett Brothers
"If you think about a Magpie, it’s a bird from the crow family. You can see them everywhere, and they’ve got this strange grace. And, we all know what a dandelion is. It reminds you of being a kid and watching a flower come apart on a