Tribute To Steve Goodman - Medinah Temple (Chicago, IL)
By today's standards, celebrating 40 years of anything is a significant milestone deserving of a significant celebration. So Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music celebrated its 40th anniversary and its plan to move to a larger, more modern facility with a benefit concert honoring the
Tonebenders - Bent into shape
Usually, detailing a band's pedigree gives you a rough idea of what the group might sound like. But sometimes, all it does is confuse the issue.
Consider the Tonebenders, who have personnel links to many of the A-list bands from the North Carolina country-rock crowd. The horn section
Willie P. Bennett - Squirrel of the Rodeo
"Oh man, it's amazing, it's opened up new neural pathways in my brain!" That's what Willie P. Bennett had to say about Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, the tribute band that had just released a CD titled High Or Hurtin', culled
16 Horsepower - Sinners in the Hands of a Twangry God
"The seed is the word of God." Luke 8:11
David Eugene Edwards composes alone, picking out brooding and intense melodies on his accordion, on his banjo. "I play until I find something that strikes me and then I bring it to the group at practice and
Robert Palmer: 1945 to 1997
Editor's note: Upon hearing of the death on Nov. 20 of musician, producer and journalist Robert Palmer, we passed along the sad news to Ed Ward, who just a few days earlier had asked that his paycheck for the article he wrote in ND #12 be sent to
Drive-By Truckers - "Bulldozers And Dirt" / "Nine Bullets"
Remember the scene in Diner when the characters played by Daniel Stern and Kevin Bacon disagree about whether the A-side of a Ritchie Valens single was "La Bamba" or "Donna"? A similar debate, albeit a noncinematic and less historically significant one, could take place over this