In a previous post on Bruce Springsteenâs âNebraskaâ (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, weâve 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 →
RED HEN STRINGBAND Birds Of A Feather Wepecket Island 016 www.wepecket.com www.redhenstringband.com Red Hen Stringband is a very special aggregation of master musicians. At first they appear as an old-time stringband with fiddle, banjo and all, … Continue reading →
TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON Steamboat In A Cornfield Squirrel 1056 www.truckstophoneymoon.com/ Vocalists, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Katie Euliss and Mike West borrowed the title of their latest project from a true-to-life childrenâs book by the late folk, … Continue reading →
Imagine if you can a rich landowner surveying his lands. He has a small band of his men with him. He looks around his land with pride knowing that everything he can see is his. As he stands there he … Continue reading →
VARIOUS ARTISTS Stepping It Out Again! Veteran 10 www.veteran.co.uk\ Veteranâs established itself as very much a label of the people, documenting the songs, music and stories performed by ordinary people. You wonât find any … Continue reading →
