HBO's Treme - The Character of Music
Finally, the first season of HBO's Treme is now out on DVD. I say "finally" because I feel like I've been waiting forever to discuss the show with friends and others who don't have HBO (I don't either, but I&
What's it like? - a new conversation with Lukas Nelson
Catching up with Lukas Nelson
A new conversation with Doug Heselgrave
It’s official. Lukas Nelson’s home is on the road. After keeping an apartment in Venice, California for the last little while, Lukas realized that he was paying rent on a place that he almost never slept in,
Eddie Vedder: Ukulele Songs and Dead Man Walking
It's 1996. I walk into Bebop Records in Jackson, Misssissippi looking for an Eddie Vedder album. An early 20's female employee with a severe haircut and some piercings asks if she can help. I tell her that I've been listening to a couple of
5 Songs That Ruined Country Music
Many times you don’t notice something when you’re right in the middle of it. Who knew back in the 1990′s when everyone was enjoying all those silly line dances that we were actually witnessing the demise of country music? I sure didn’t, I actually moved to
Marti Jones & Don Dixon are Northeast Ohio's Royal Couple
Northeast Ohio can claim their own version of the Royal Family when discussing rock ‘n roll bloodlines. Marti Jones is a singer and painter originally from Uniontown, Ohio. She initially was part of the Akron band Color Me Gone which was signed by A&M Records and released one
CONCERT REVIEW: Kris Kristofferson & Marle Haggard (March 9, 2011 @ Fox Theater - St. Louis, MO)
I got to my seat a little later than I would have liked for last night’s Merle Haggard & Kris Kristofferson show. The two legends are on tour together, swapping stories and songs in an intimate stage setting in theaters.
I arrived in the middle of the first song