Garrison Keillor: The Grandfather of Americana Music
Garrison Keillor is a sneaky guy. Over the last 40 years he has quietly, but consistently, worked his way into the homes of America on that forgotten medium – live radio broadcasts – from his home in Minnesota. He was retro before retro was even close to cool. Like Mark Twain and
THE DUCT TAPE MESSIAH (The Life and Legend of Blaze Foley)
Blaze Foley was a genius and a beautiful loser. (Lucinda Williams)
Every once in a blue moon, I'll hear a song I've never heard before and it will not only touch my heart-it will also land a solid punch to my gut. The first time
Anatomy of a Great Song IV: Kris Kristofferson’s “Duvalier’s Dream”
This, to me, is the best example of what can happen to a song once it’s out in the world and its meaning is no longer controlled by the writer.
Let me set up the context in which I was hearing Kristofferson’s “Duvalier’s Dream”, so that what
"The Water Is Wide," Joan Baez, changing the lyrics, and other folk music things... and marriage equality
The water is wide - I cannot cross o'er
and neither have I wings to fly
give me a boat that can carry two
and both shall row my love and I.
It's an old song that dates back anywhere from a century to a half-millennium,
Album Review: The Human Experience ft. Rising Appalachia - Soul Visions
The Human Experience, an artist I’ve come to know much about recently, will be releasing a new album on Monday, featuring sisters Leah and Chloe Smith of Rising Appalachia. The album is called Soul Visions, and, upon listening, truly resonates as the vision of three creative souls collaborating to
Remembering Rory Gallagher: "The People's Guitarist"
“Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the blacks of Europe.” That’s a wonderful line from The Commitments, a sweet little film about a ragtag assortment of Dubliners who form a soul band. Just think about it: like African Americans, the Irish have lived The Blues for