The blues, they are no art
Do I sound provocative? What if I contend moreover that strictly speaking the blues were denatured the very minute their first notes were put on paper sometime around the turn of the first decade of the 19th century? If I claim furthermore that the epithet “the blues” has become less
Justin Townes Earle: “Tryin’ to Move On”
“Thirty years of running has left me standing with my back to the cold, and it’s left me most days wondering if I’ve ever really learned a thing at all. But I’m trying to move on.”
— Justin Townes Earle
In 1986 when singer-songwriter Steve Earle released
Calling Me Home (Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock) Book Preview...Chapter Two
Chapter Two: Legacy versus Legend
On a bluff overlooking a bend in the St. Johns River, boys in short-sleeved shirts and ties mingle with attractive girls in summer outfits, pausing from intellectual pursuits to watch planes landing in the distance at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. In this
Kathleen Edwards with Jim Bryson & Gord Tough, live in London
I'm really pleased to see Kathleen's LP Voyageur featuring in plenty of people's Top 10s for 2012. It's my joint number 1 with The Mastersons to save anyone looking.
She's just played two nights in London at Bush Hall in
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