Rockabilly was a musical powder keg of country and rhythm and blues. But it was its suave older brother, western swing, that first expanded the boundaries...
Stories to Tell/Sweet Salvation is the latest from local country/roots singer-songwriter Christy Bruneau. The four-track EP picks up where her award-nominated 2010 CD Somewhere in the...
Hello Troubadourians. In my January column, I responded to a question about a “sustain pedal” from a guitar player. I recommended a Fulltone Fulldrive2 MOSFET Overdrive/Clean...
For those who meet Miss Erika Davies for the very first time, it will come as no surprise that she possesses an exquisite, albeit celestial splendor;...
Tim Flannery is an amazing phenomenon. Most people struggle to distinguish themselves in one career; at 54, Flannery is already on his illustrious fourth. He has...
Brindl Markle, who goes by her first name, is a Bay Area singer-songwriter whose 2008 debut album, Acoustic Heart, was reviewed in the September 2008 issue...
I first saw Howlin’ Wolf in 1963 on his home turf at Big Duke’s Club on Chicago’s West Side, and later that same year at the...
The first artist colonies did not start in America. Yet, by concept, they are quintessentially American. Instead of communities built upon history, geography, and blood ties,...
Life is not very exciting if you have only two choices. Just imagine if the world had no Baskin and Robbins, no Haagen Dazs, and the...
