Hello Troubadourians! At the end of last month’s column I admonished you to play smoothly, and that there is no substitute for smooth. So, what does...
“I’ve been recording since I was a kid,” Tripp Sprague says as he looks around his recording and mixing studio. There is a look of curiosity...
Matt Haeck has been appearing in local spots recently, playing alt-country originals from his CD, Late Bloomer. The album is billed as his debut, though Haeck...
Dornob Collective is a local group of world music specialists who have been playing together in various combinations and releasing music since the 1990s. They play...
I woke up, again, at 3:30 in the morning. Outside in the Eucalyptus trees a pair of Great Horned Owls called across the chaparral. The stillness...
In 1966, all the major players of contemporary popular music at the time were able to deliver the goods. The Beatles, about to bring their increasingly...
When Guy Clark passed away in May, the West Texas troubadour left behind a legacy of songs and stories that nurture the soul with a sense...
When last heard from on last year’s Perfect Abandon, Tom Brousseau was singing his striking original folk music in tunes recorded live, on one mic, on...
After a venerable, and memorable, run over the last four decades, the Huck Finn Bluegrass Festival has been laid to rest with its 2016 event being...
