Hayden's Us Alone proves "the music's still everything ... well, almost everything"
Nearly 20 years after Canadian singer/songwriter Hayden's first album, Us Alone is equal parts a love letter to his daughter, as well as a nostalgic look back at a career lived, for the most part, his own way. It is important to note that this is his
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers: From “Van Session” Covers to a Sound All Their Own
Back in 2012, a little known group of vagabonds hit the road, recording song covers in their van as they drove from city to city. The group was Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers, and the result of their musical odyssey was a series of videos that became known as the
Skiffle scuffle … as Billy Bragg brings out the pugilist in Pokey LaFarge!
Like Billy Bragg, I quite like Pokey Lafarge. His recent TEDx talk ‘Evolving through preservation’ was an amazing opportunity for him to enlighten us about the history and development of music in America. Speaking in St Louis, to a partisan audience, the eloquent orator Lafarge, made an excellent start. But
New Releases Pay Tribute to Bob Dylan and Jackson Browne
Rarely do I go in depth on a record release that is a reissue, live, or tribute album. But two such albums featuring Bob Dylan and Jackson Browne are getting special treatment this week.
Originally aired as a live pay-per-view event on October 16, 1992, Columbia Records threw
The Machismo of Easy
In the American pop canon, the term "easy" is most associated with three songs: "Easy" by the Commodores, "Take It Easy" by the Eagles and "Easy Lover" by Phil Collins. Lesser known are "Make It Easy" by the Moondoggies and
Claudia Schmidt – New Whirled Order
Possessed of one of those Collins/Koloc/Hills pure-folk singing voices, Schmidt re-emerges with her New World Order
The 2012 Claudia Schmidt compilation "Bend in the River: Collected Songs" contained sixteen selections from the handful of albums that this Michigan bred singer/songwriter had recorded for