THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL Carry Me Home Dustbowl Revival www.dustbowlrevival.com Expanding steadily from a string band fronted by lead singer and songwriter/arranger Zach Lupetin that began by playing up and down the West Coast a … Continue reading →
STEVE MARTIN and EDIE BRICKELL Love Has Come For You Rounder 11661-9150 www.rounder.com This collaborative album by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell is as congenial and sunny as you could want, even when the songs … Continue reading →
LE SUPER BORGOU DE PARAKOU The Bariba Sound Analog Africa 071 www.analogafrica.com During the ’60s, like the USA and Britain, Africa was experiencing an explosion of young, modern, cutting-edge bands, all of them seemingly … Continue reading →
North Carolinian recording artists are pulling together to record a compilation of protest songs in support of North Carolina’s “Moral Monday” protests, which have been held for the past 12 consecutive Mondays in Raleigh, NC. Calling themselves the North Carolina … Continue reading →
Introduction Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, “I’m going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that’s tough. I am going to snow anyway.” – Maya Angelou, from Conversations with Maya Angelou It’s … Continue reading →
Sing Out! Radio Magazine Hosted by Tom Druckenmiller SORM #13-29 • Bluegrass Pt. 1, The Pioneers Artist / “Title” / CD / Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” / Songs Of Hope And Struggle / Smithsonian-Folkways Kenny … Continue reading →
Lofty Deeds, Jon Langford This is the final installment of our interview with Chicago musician and artist Jon Langford. After recording three albums of murder ballads, he seemed like the ideal candidate for a Murder Ballad Monday sit-down. You can … Continue reading →
Fat Possum Records has confirmed that delta blues musician James “T-Model” Ford passed away on Tuesday, July 16th of respiratory failure after a prolonged illness. His age was unknown, though he claimed to be 93. Heralded for his rugged personality … Continue reading →
Jon Langford (Photo by Barry Phipps, courtesy the artist and Bloodshot Records) Today we continue our conversation with transplanted Chicagoan and jack-of-all-trades (music, art, comic interludes, storytelling) Jon Langford. You can read Part One here; Part Three appears Friday. Today … Continue reading →
Without A Doubt, Jon Langford (2007) Introduction When I was just a baby, my Mama told me, “Son Always be a good boy, don’t ever play with guns,” But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. … Continue reading →
