Guy Clark's Somedays the Song Writes You
Magic occurred again today, and it all started with me taking a simple walk down to the mailbox. I received an advance copy of Guy Clark’s new record from Dualtone, Sometimes the Song Writes You.
Sometimes reviews can be extremely difficult to write and you have to listen repeatedly
Lucinda and Tom have a rockin' wedding in the Twin Cities
My Facebook page has been loaded with posts from my Minneapolis friends about Lucinda Williams' marriage the other night to Tom Overby at First Avenue. Several years ago Tom was one of the buyer's over at the Best Buy corporate office in Eden Prairie, and he and
Cross Canadian Ragweed tour info
CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED has just released their new album, Happiness and All the Other Things, and has been spreading their intoxicating blend of rock and Americana on the road. Hailing from Yukon, Oklahoma, the quartet has been a staple of the live circuit since their start in the late 1990s.
Film: Cowtown Ballroom...Sweet Jesus!
This past weekend found me working at the Temecula Valley Film and Music Festival with my oldest kid. When you live in a small town where the horses and cows graze next to the subdivisions left empty by greed and failed economic policies, and where culture is defined in the
Album Review: Phish--Joy
Phish--Joy--Jemp--September 2009
The 14th studio album from Phish, and their first after a five-year hiatus that ended with a series of reunion shows in March, starts with “Backwards Down the Number Line”, a Dead-style piece of sunny roots-rock that finds singer/guitarist Trey Anastasio’s vocals taking on a smoother
Live Review: Memories of Elvis w/ Steve Davis & the TCB Band
Memories of Elvis w/Steve Davis & the TCB Band--Blueberry Hill's Duck Room--St. Louis, MO--August 18, 2009
The King is gone/Long live his name. Ronnie McDowell (you know, Ronnie, you sound just like Elvis) sang those words back in 1977 after Elvis was found slumped up against