Mike Locke & The Repeat Offenders: More Rhythm! More Blues! More Pleasure!
Names can be deceiving. Witness guitar ace Mike Locke and his Repeat Offenders – a Dayton, Ohio based blues powerhouse with a rotating cast of players which has been tearing it up, to put it mildly, on the underground American blues scene for over a decade. In a career that has
Why Regular Radio Sucks
It often takes a shitty experience to inspire a post – and so my three reviews and an interview go on waiting for another day...
Today, I took my cat to the vet for her annual checkup. I get these postcards in the mail of animals dressed in veterinary garb with
Bubba on the Big Ticket: Birthday Wishes to Bob Enos
July 4th is always a bittersweet holiday for me. Sure I love the time of year, getting together with friends and family, music festivals, fireworks etc. However July 4th is also the birthday of Bob Enos, long time trumpet player in Roomful of Blues and countless sessions as a hired
A Hearth Music Visit with 94 Year Old Cajun Fiddler Milton Vanicor
This time last year, I was sitting in the light-filled kitchen of an old officer's house in the historic Fort Worden, an old military complex in Port Townsend, Washington that's been converted into the home of the influential arts organization, Centrum. Every year I and 500
CD Review: Overseas "Overseas"
There's an unmissable serendipity blanketing the ten songs that comprise the debut LP from Overseas, a collaboration between music heavyweights Will Johnson (Centro-matic, South San Gabriel), David Bazan (Pedro the Lion, Headphones), and brothers Matt Kadane and Bubba Kadane (The New Year, Bedhead). Although serendipity, a word wholly
"The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver" (CD Review)
It’s funny, the lasting impressions the music we hear as children makes on us. In my home, which was a very musical environment, to say the least, I came up with quite a range of music. What sticks out most in my memory is an assortment of blues and