Here’s an idea: take the songs of the Doors, strip away their trademark keyboards and brooding vocals while reworking the arrangements, and recast them as acoustic...
Expectations were high for the versatile (singer-songwriter, actor, author) Steve Earle’s latest album, his first release of original material since 2007’s Grammy-winning Washington Square Serenade (for...
With a voice the size of the Louisiana Purchase, Candye Kane has belted out hard-driving jump blues for the last 20 plus years. She has also...
Local Americana duo Podunk Nowhere’s self-titled debut disc in 2007 featured intriguing, primarily acoustic music, showcasing Heather Marie Janiga’s powerful vocals in stark arrangements with husband...
Although I don’t post on it often, I am quite a fan of Facebook. It’s allowed me to get back in touch with a bunch of...
At last, Summergrass has arrived! Summergrass is one of the West Coast’s premiere outdoor bluegrass festivals, celebrating its ninth year in 2011. If you have never...
Trails & Rails’ new CD reminds me of what happens at the end a long trail ride. After driving cattle to the rail head and stockyard...
I first met Hank Bradley in Fresno, or maybe it was at the Sweets Mill Folk Festival, or maybe it was the Cabale Creamery in Berkeley....
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs....
