Big John Atkinson is on a mission. He’s determined to bring more traditional ‘old school’ blues back to Southern California. Following the success of his Blues...
Editor Dara Crockett, and guitarists Craig Chaquico and Robb Lawrence will discuss their new book Guitar Player: The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of...
The making of any recording project, be it an album, EP, single, or demo, is a journey, an often protracted, sometimes arduous, but always (insert another...
With Simple Things Nancarrow delivers another solid set of authentic-sounding roadhouse-ready old-school country… just the way I like it! The CD kicks off with the rousing...
Let’s talk about bad bosses — the screamers, the belittlers, the tyrants who are terrified of any challenge to their throne, burdened by emotional baggage they...
It was Spring 1960 at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island that I first met Guy Carawan. It was a rainy day and there were...
When Joel Rafael started writing music 50 years ago, there was a war abroad, civil unrest here at home — with clashes between police and people...
Is that a 12-foot-tall mechanical giraffe? Is that a 10-foot by 8-foot mural being created on the corner of Bancroft Street? Is that a cosplay outfit?...
Hello Troubadourians! Last month, we started this column by celebrating the sheer joy of plugging an electric guitar into an amplifier and turning it up. Then,...