During his high-profile career with musical partner Calman Hart, Jeff Berkley has released ten albums since the Berkley Hart debut in 2000. With Hart and on...
My memory has been a remarkable friend for as long as I can remember, which is a remarkably long time. But the price I must pay...
Every year the International Bluegrass Music Association, the “mother ship” of bluegrass music, holds the equivalent of the bluegrass Grammys. All IBMA members are qualified to...
Country Mouse, City Mouse is the new CD from Shawn P Rohlf. The veteran of the local Americana scene for two decades has been fronting his...
In order to get the most out of Veronica May’s new solo album, and this review, please read the excellent cover feature in last month’s Troubadour,...
It’s a veritable wellspring of (often mis)information: the Internet. Or, as they referred to it in Christopher Guest’s movie For Your Consideration, the Interweb. The Great...
For French Existentialist philosopher Albert Camus, the only important philosophical question was: why should I not kill myself? Talk about getting to the point. Most of...
Compassion is an extremely rare commodity in our world today. And for that very reason when it’s observed, expressed, or experienced in any form, it makes...
A banjo bounty How many banjo players can you name? If it’s more than two and Dan Walsh is not on the list, you should add...
Hello Troubadourians! I’ve been busy. Very, very busy. And not with my playing either, much to my disappointment. No, I’ve been working the “day job,” putting...