John Lennon's Karma: Let Time Wound All Heels
The government of Richard Nixon spent many years, blew bushels of money, installed tons of surveillance equipment, and employed dozens of CIA and FBI men in its efforts to deport America-loving peacenik John Lennon, who they considered a major threat to the U.S. due to his left-wing
Taylor Pie - The Music Never Dies
The Pozo-Seco Singers were one of those groups I had a strong affinity for when I "discovered" folk music in the late 80's, and early 90's. Sure it was some twenty odd years after the great folk scare was over, but I was
Calling Me Home (Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock) Book Preview...Chapter One
ND friends: In an effort to introduce you to this new and different look at the influence of the South in Gram Parsons' music and legacy, in this blog I'll be excerpting some content from the book. We begin, appropriately, with chapter one...
Cosmic Roots
In Gulf
Gay Traditions: Talking with Stepdancer and Trad Singer Nic Gareiss
I’m deeply ashamed to say that I’ve been sitting on this article for a long time. Maybe half a year or more, and mainly because of its title. That’s a strange thing to worry about, I know, but I was torn between wanting to simply present the
revisiting the blasters' marie, marie
Back in the early eighties when I ran a record store on Wilshire in Santa Monica, my morning ritual for a couple years was to drop the needle on side one of this album at full volume as I turned the key and opened the doors. There was no other
The New Young Fogies: Documenting a New Generation of Old-Time
Released a few months ago, The New Young Fogies, vol. 1, is a compilation album of field recordings from a new generation of Appalachian old-time players. It's also a pure delight. About time someone took it on themselves to document some of the younger old-time musicians