Free Range Folk: 444, family and farm
Thanks to my friends over at ReviewShine, a service that connects artists to bloggers, I recently discovered a band from my old stompin' grounds in northeastern Pennsylvania that I've been listening to and enjoying for several weeks. About forty years ago I used to travel the highways
Alvin Lee Goes Home
Former Ten Years After frontman Alvin Lee died today (March 6, 2013), and the world is a lonelier place now. Among the great guitarists of the '60s and '70s, Lee accompanied his listeners on a colorful romp through the Elysian fields of blues, rock, jazz, and even country
Remembering Richard Manuel: Just Outside the Spotlight
Some losses in the culture of music are immeasurable simply by the silence that falls in the aftermath of their absence. For Richard Manuel, who lost his struggle with addiction and depression on March 4, 1986, the silence was all too real and too loud.
All five members of The
CD Review - Dolores O'Riordan "Are You Listening?"
Dolores is most well known as the fabulous lead singer/songwriter of the internationally famous Cranberries. In 2009, they reunited after an hiatus that started in 2003. They had performed and recorded together for 13 years selling forty million albums!
But back in 2007, Ms. O'Riordan took a
CD Review - Jim Anton "High Highs and Low Lows"
Jim Anton, Minneapolis Chairman of the Low End releases eclectic solo albumJim Anton will forever be the man who played a jaw dropping electric bass solo with a pig puppet on his left hand.
But it wasn't just a gimmick during that crowded March night at Minneapolis'
Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo, Nostalgia and Wallander
Wallander. While some of you in the US will have no idea what I'm talking about, my friends in Sweden and the UK certainly will. Just a few short days ago I had not a clue either, but thanks to browsing Netflix I discovered the BBC version of