Way back when I was maybe eight years old, living in lower rural Michigan, and my 18-year-old brother brought home a 12-string guitar (“The only one...
The Creole Choir of Cuba is performing tonight, so on the off chance you’ve picked this paper up the day it hit newsstands, you can wrangle...
On a hot summer’s dog day afternoon I met up with my Uncle Dave Page at the Kensington Cafe for a welcome-home cup of Joe. He...
There aren’t many people who have lived a life along the crests of American history and its culture. For Josh White Jr., his life over the...
You can pinpoint the day the world first learned of Kelsea Little’s talent. It was November 21, 2006. That was the date that someone posted an...
Drums (and drummers) are often the Rodney Dangerfield of the music business — they tend to get no respect. Rich dilettantes collect fancy vintage guitars, not...
It’s another sleepless night. It’s 3am and Warren Zevon sings, “keep me in your heart for a while.” My writing assignment for this month finds me...
Mensch. That simple Yiddish word says volumes: “…a person of integrity and honor…a decent, upright person…a “stand-up guy,” a person with the qualities one would hope...
Popular music has always been influential in our culture even as the popular musicians have changed time and time again. Pop music has introduced the listening...
