CD Review - Brandi Carlile "Bear Creek"
It’d be nice if Brandi Carlile would go ahead and jump the fence into country territory instead of straddling it. Based on her performance on her latest, Bear Creek, she’s a hell of a lot easier to listen to than 99 percent of the all hat and no
American Aquarium - Burn.Flicker.Die
Ye and indeed Ha! Alt-Country has just spawned another great group
With a vocalist that spits out the lyrics, two gnarly guitars, a rhythm section that is as tight as a ducks bum and songs that are so honest, most groups can only dream of writing them, American Aquarium
Eric Bibb / Habib Koite : Brothers In Bamako CD Review
“It’s my first visit to West Africa, but I’m pretty sure it’s gonna feel like comin’ home,” Eric Bibb sings on his latest, Brothers in Bamako, a collaboration with Malian Habib Koite. It’s a great matchup: Bibb’s warm, buttery, soulful vocals fused with Koite’s
A Conversation with Noel Paul Stookey
If anyone has taken the title of Dylan's classic song, "Forever Young" to heart, it's Noel Paul Stookey. For the last 50 years he has been best known as Paul of the popular folk trio, Peter, Paul & Mary. In a recent phone conversation,
Saint Dominic's Preview - Forty Years On
Montgomery Chapel, San Anselmo. The doors look familiar, don't they?
Forty years ago Van Morrison posed on the steps with an acoustic guitar and a ripped pair of jeans and Michael Maggid's iconic photograph became the front cover of Saint Dominic's Preview.
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Cool Album Of The Day : Dave Alvin "Blackjack David"
Today’s Cool Album of the Day (#808 in the Series) is Dave Alvin, Blackjack David
I’d like to write a little about Dave Alvin. Because I LOVE Dave Alvin.
Not in a physical way you understand, I don’t even know the man after all and neither of