Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. —Ferris Bueller I was in high school...
Between Intention and Serendipity: The Art of Following the Catch To say that Jon and Cat Hazs of the Beard and the Bird are two peas...
Recorded in 2019, shortly before COVID hit and then the band apparently went on hiatus, this choice nugget of rootsy, rollicking Americana was only released this...
Dearest Troubadour Readers, I submit to you my column for July 2025. As usual, we feature the Listen Local Show podcast, this month guest co hosted...
Last heard a year ago with the country-rock combo Desert Crossing and their album Divergency, Michael J. Dwyer is back with a new release under his...
“Neither of my parents were musicians, but there was always music in the house, primarily jazz and classical selections,” explained 45-year-old local bassist Doug Walker about...
Hello Troubadourians! Recently, I was asked by a co-worker if I would give him guitar lessons. I always have misgivings about these situations for many reasons....
Generations of those obsessed with the minds of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, both during their time together as the super-charged songwriting duo in the Beatles...
Following the stripped-down acoustic traditionalism of his previous release, Way Out West, Dave Preston has issued Hooker Street, a country- and soul-tinged bit of rock. Not...