The Morris Family Old Time Music Festival 1969-1973
The Morris Family Old Time Music Festival was the brainchild of the Morris Brothers, John and David from Ivydale, West Virginia -- at that time (pre-interstate) it was just a little over an hour's driving time up the Elk River from Charleston. David was fresh out of the
Model Rockets
(Editor's note: About a year ago, Model Rockets ringleader John Ramberg dropped me a line to let me know that the band was planning a small-scale reissue of this album, which came out in the fall of 1994. Ramberg had apparently appreciated a review I wrote of the
My favorite Greg Brown songs through all space and time
I came to Greg Brown through unconventional means. I was in my "What is this folk music stuff people are telling me I play?" phase, to which I've alluded here before. I was maybe 19 and the phrase "folk music" made me nervous, lest
About that Beyonce video where her voice sounded terrible and everyone started talking about autotune...
I have to say first off that, while it cracked me up, I didn't really believe Beyonce could possibly sing that bad, unless her monitors were out of wack or the sound in the Today Show plaza was so absurdly unbalanced that she couldn't hear her
Coolest musician names ever
In the interest of harnessing the power of these interwebs, I recently asked my Facebook friends to help compile a list of the best musician names. Real or fake, no reflection on the music they made -- just cool sounding names, designed for celebrity and art and entertainment. Feel free
Karl Paulnack's Speech On The Importance Of Music
I co-founded a networking group for women who work in Seattle's music community almost 10 years ago. We are now well over 300 ladies strong connected by an email list that serves as a great resource for each individual and the community as a whole. Watching this No