DIUNNA GREENLEAF Trying To Hold On Blue Mercy 930 www.diunna.com This fourteen track project is ex-gospel singer Diunna Greenleaf’s stunning, originals-studded follow-up to her 2007 Cotton Field To Coffee House masterpiece. Accompanied by a … Continue reading →
Hell’s Half-Acre, a small badland in Wyoming (Note: This is the third post about Bruce Springsteen’s song “Nebraska.” The first post explored the song’s relationship to the case of spree killers Charlie Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate. The second post … Continue reading →
In a previous post on Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” (the song, not the album), we saw how The Boss ripped the song from the headlines, chronicling the murder spree, conviction, and pending execution of the killer Charlie Starkweather and his girlfriend, … Continue reading →
ERNEST TROOST Live at McCabe’s Travelin’ Shoes 1003 www.ernesttroost.com Troost, 2009 Kerrville New Folk competition winner, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and particularly fluid guitarist is also an Emmy Award-winning composer for film and television which, … Continue reading →
SONS OF THE NEVER WRONG Church of the Never Wrong Waterbug 103 www.waterbug.com www.sons.com Sons, for short, is a trio consisting of Deborah Lader, Bruce Roper and Sue Demel. And their latest, Church of … Continue reading →
KIRK SUTPHIN & RILEY BAUGUS Long-Time Piedmont Pals Old Blue Records 705 www.oldbluerecords.com www.rileybaugus.com The title of this CD by Kirk Sutphin & Riley Baugus is particularly apt. The two met on their grade school bus. … Continue reading →
In a way, this entire blog serves as an attempt to answer to the question: Why? Why do people commit murder, and why do we write, sing, and listen to songs about those murders? So far, we’ve spilled a lot … Continue reading →
James MacPherson’s sword. The actual truth concerning the life of James MacPherson has been long lost in the mists of time. However, as with the truth concerning Liberty Valance we are really concerned with the legend. Legend has it that … Continue reading →
