Phil Alvin hospitalized and recovering
Phil Alvin nearly left the proverbial building a few weeks ago when difficulty breathing turned quickly into an inability to breath, resulting in an emergency life saving tracheotomy and a week or so in ICU. He remains hospitalized in Valencia, Spain. The Blasters were on a tour of Europe, and
Blues from the circus tent
The circus brings to mind feelings of joy, laughter and amazement sprinkled with glitter, and spiced with the smell of sawdust. We see lions, elephants and clowns, and we hear the cries of relief when one trapeze artist catches his partner somersaulting several meters above the floor. It is, however,
Talking With Greg Brown
By Sandy Carter
January 1998
With his craggy, expressive baritone voice set against an earthy, broad strain of sonic Americana (blues, country, gospel, folk, rock, and jazz), Greg Brown delivers portraits of small town America infused with all the little telling details and everyday emotions of ordinary life. There is
Grateful Dead...is there room in the tent?
My fifteen year old son is a joy to behold with his black fingernails, purple or green or red or black hair, black tees and Hot Topic metal on his neck and arms. He listens to music several hours a day...Spotify, free version, if you must know. After an
Waylon Jennings/ Sex, Drugs & Rockabilly (Part 3)
"THE OUTLAW THING HAS PROBABLY CAUSED ME A PROBLEM OR TWO"
When 1976 rolled around, Waylon Jennings was on a roll and a roar. His share of country music's first platinum album, Wanted: The Outlaws, catapulted him into a new world of crossover superstardom. His recent
Meet Marlana Sheetz, the Woman Behind the Man (uh, Band) Named Milo Greene
Milo Greene is charged with living a (white) lie. For one thing, Mr. Greene doesn’t exist in the real world.
“He” is a figment of our imagination, in the spirit of Prince’s glyph, David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust” and Garth Brooks “Chris Gaines.” But in this case, Milo