Monte Warden - Putting the wheels back on the wagon
"With all of my songwriting -- from the Wagoneers to yesterday -- my heart is firmly painted on my sleeve," says Monte Warden. "I leave to nothing to irony or conjecture; you know exactly what my songs are about."
From the song titles on his Asylum debut A
Dave Moore - Nine years later, but better late than never
Dave Moore has been something of an enigma throughout his career. A singer of great warmth, resonance and passion, a songwriter of startling clarity, and a masterful musician on guitar, harmonica and button accordion, Moore, has nevertheless remained in the 'best kept secret' category for much of the
Baseboard Heaters - Fire down below
It's a typical follow-your-dream story. Rob Stroup was in tenth grade and Matt Brown in eighth when they started playing music together in the small town of Newberg, Oregon. Brown went off to Denton, Texas, for college, where he caught the live music bug following a
Latin Playboys - Dose
With this follow-up to the Latin Playboys' eponymous debut of five years back, David Hidalgo throws his virtual hat a little further into the visionary ring. On what amounts to a cosmic companion-piece to Houndog, the recent Hidalgo/Mike Halby collaboration, the ostensible Los Lobos leader is
Chip Taylor - Seven Days In May...A Love Story
Two years ago, when I first wrote about Chip Taylor's return to songwriting and performing, I titled the story "When A Man Grows Older," borrowing the phrase from an obscure Italo Svevo novel about an older man's unrequited love for a younger woman. It
Lucy Kaplansky - Ten Year Night
Hollywood screenwriters in need of inspiration should take note of Lucy Kaplansky's story. After her teenage years singing in Chicago nightclubs, Kaplansky moved to New York City and fell in with a scene that included a veritable who's who of folky singer-songwriters, including Suzanne Vega,