It was the Ed Sullivan Show, February 8, 1964, after opening with “All My Loving,” the Beatles covered Meredith Wilson’s “Till There Was You,” a love...
There’s nothing better than recording an album with many of your close friends, fans, and family in attendance within the intimate confines of a prominent recording...
Hello Troubadourians! Many years ago, I was at a Rod Stewart concert, and he opened the show with “Reason to Believe,” “I Don’t Want to Talk...
As the name suggests, this is the continuation of an expansive triple-record rock opera. For this review I’ll be concentrating primarily on the music and not...
Remember me, but oh, forget my fate. ––Henry Purcell, “Dido’s Lament” When Jeff Buckley drowned in the Wolf River tributary of the Mississippi on May 29,...
From the brochure: A new work of historical drama, set in 1847, at the height of Ireland’s Great Famine. Featuring an original score of contemporary acoustic...
Calamity is Nisha Catron on guitar and vocals, Cathryn Beeks on ukulele andvocals, Marcia Claire on bass, Jules Stewart on drums, and Patric Petrie on violin....
In 1965 Eric Clapton opted to leave a plum gig as lead guitarist for the hit-making Yardbirds to join John Mayall’s Blues Breakers. The musician was...
Hello Troubadourians! I have been missing from the pages of the Troubadour for three months now, due to demands from my day job and some health...
Marcus Bashore is probably best known in the Southern California music community as a blues drummer. But, in reality, Bashore has pursued his artistry in several...