John Prine's Great Days Anthology Revisited
I've had the liner notes for Great Days, The John Prine Anthology, in my briefcase for a while, thinking that when I had the opportunity, I'd read them. I mean, I'm only 20 years late in doing so. The record came out in 1993,
"Magpie and the Dandelion" by The Avett Brothers
"If you think about a Magpie, it’s a bird from the crow family. You can see them everywhere, and they’ve got this strange grace. And, we all know what a dandelion is. It reminds you of being a kid and watching a flower come apart on a
Review of Willie Sugarcapps - "Willie Sugarcapps"
Take five talented, experienced musicians/songwriters/singers coming from the same area, let them play together and see what it turns out. Things like these probably happen almost every day and aren't often worth much attention, unless we're talking about Will Kimbrough, Grayson Capps, Corky Hughes,
Amanda Shires Drips Passion From her Phrases on "Down Fell The Doves"
I am a music junkie. Yes, I admit that I have an addiction. I have an appetite for new music and cannot get enough of it. So when I go to Nashville, it is the mother lode of Americana records and compact discs from artists that are hard to come
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Linda Ronstadt
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I've never seen her in person. Unlike other musical acts I've been anywhere from interested in to borderline obsessed with over the years—Carly Simon, Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins, Iris Dement, Peter, Paul and Mary, even Bruce Springsteen (whom I feel lucky have seen once
Rock for the Ages--The Band Live at the Academy of Music 1971
On Thanksgiving Day in 1976, The Band, spent from years on the road and by then from internal disagreements about musical directions, mustered their considerable musicianship, as well as their huge coterie of musical friends and devoted fans, and came together for one last show, a dance of the spirit