Both sides of Roger Alan Wade
"I live in a room with a green radio/Curled in the womb of a 29 year low/Four walls from heaven and one sin from hell/In room 17 at Deguello Motel."
Those words, sung over a simple acoustic guitar lick, provide the opening for Deguello Motel,
Marlon Brando's Jazz-Culture Cool in a Muical Era before Elvis
Scattered thoughts on Elvis, Jazz, and The Wild One:
John Lennon famously said, "Before Elvis, there was nothing." In terms of dominant cultural conceptions of cool, I almost entirely agree. But before Elvis, there was Marlon Brando.
It's hard for those of us who weren'
an article I wrote for Radio Survivor about Rather Ripped Records
http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/03/18/remembering-rather-ripped-records/#more-8957
An article I wrote for Radio Survivor about Rather Ripped Records
Remembering Rather Ripped Records
March 18th, 2011 by Kevin Vance in community radio, music
A friend of mine, Larry Kelp, who hosts a music show on
Contra Dance Music: Three Bands to Discover
What is a contra dance? Contra dancing is a remarkably vibrant social dance tradition with roots in New England, but dance halls in nearly every major city. It's like square dancing, but done in long lines, rather than in squares. Google your nearest city and "contra dance&
The Back Row Baptists--Broken Hearts & Bad Decisions
This blog originated at Country Fried Rock. The full audio from this episode debuts 4/21/11 online and will be added to our playlists. You can listen to an excerpt HERE.
Much like it never occurred to us that iced tea could be "out of season," it
Remembering: The Subdudes - Street Symphony
by S. Victor Aaron
They look and sound like they've been around forever, but at this point the Subdudes had "only" existed for 20 years (counting the roughly eight-year hiatus from 1996-2004), mainly flying under the radar. They come out of that musically rich