Willy Porter's Classic Album Dog Eared Dream
It was 1996 and I was a senior in high school. As a huge fan of Tori Amos, I was determined not to miss her Pittsburgh performance at the Benedum. Back then, if you wanted to get tickets to a concert, you had to camp out, wait in lines and
The Everly Brothers - Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
2014 expanded reissue of the Everlys' deepest roots
The Everly Brothers second full-length album is extraordinary in many different ways. In addition to its basic triumph as roots music, its exposition of traditional folk and country songs was a nervy artistic statement by a duo that was helping
The Bigotry toward Americana
Last year Giovanni Russonello took to the Atlantic magazine to draw a narrow line from Bob Dylan's "Americanarama Festival of Music" showcase and the lack of diversity in the genre overall. ("Why Is a Music Genre Called 'Americana' So Overwhelmingly White and Male?
Talking about Life with Candi Staton
It's so great to have Candi Staton back. Not that she ever went away, but on her new album, Life Happens (Beracah/Fame), her voice resonates with a force that shouts, "I'm here to tell you that bad stuff happens in life all the time,
Steven Fromholz - Part 3, A Biography
On Monday 26th May, a Steven Fromholz Memorial Concert will be held at Threadgill Theatre as part of the 2014 Kerrville Folk Festival. A reminiscence of the Memorial Concert will form the fourth and final part of this tribute to the late musician. A Steven Fromholz interview dating from 1986
Ben and Ellen Harper - Childhood Home
Ben Harper recorded a new album--with his Mom, Ellen Harper. Fittingly, it's titled Childhood Home, and every note and lyric conjures up those feelings of family and home that aren't contained in a house, but in a heart. These hearts are full of shared lifetimes