Prineâs stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mindtrips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs. I remember when Kris Kristofferson first brought him on the scene. All that stuff about âSam Stoneâ the soldier junky daddy and âDonald … Continue reading →
    JOHN COHEN The High & Lonesome Sound: The Legacy of Roscoe Holcomb Steidl    One day in 1959 in Daisy, KY, John Cohen got lucky. Cohen â musician, documentary photographer, fledgling filmmaker, and charter … Continue reading →
      ARTO and ANTTI JĂRVELĂ Os Fera Liluli OArt 8  Members of the Järvelä clan â arguably the first family of Finnish folk fiddling â cousins Arto (fiddle and cross-tuned fiddle) and Antti (acoustic … Continue reading →
     DAVE THOMPSON Fire and Wine: An Armchair Guide to Steve Ashley Create Space www.createspace.com/â  Although English singer-songwriter Steve Ashley was never a âhousehold name,â he has produced high quality work since his career began … Continue reading →
     THERESE HONEY Summerâs End Waterbug 108 www.waterbug.com  Some instrumental albums force you to dance; Therese Honeyâs solo harp release makes you want to hunker down with a fleece and a steaming mug of cocoa. … Continue reading →
Alternate UK album cover photo for Strange Little Girls (2001).This is the photo for âI Donât Like Mondaysâ in the liner notes This is the second in a pair of posts about Bob Geldofâs song âI Donât Like Mondays.â Read the first … Continue reading →
Bob Geldof (well before becoming Sir Bob Geldof, K.B.E.) Tell me why! Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â I donât like Mondays! Tell me why! Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â … Continue reading →
Note: This is Part 3 of a three part series on âLittle Sadieâ â See also Part 1 and Part 2 Introduction I went out one night for to make a little round I met Little Sadie and I shot … Continue reading →
On the cusp of the 1960s, Dave Van Ronk was the king of the Greenwich Village folk scene and one of the central shapers of the aesthetic he later dubbed âneo-ethnicâ â musicians who not only loved old folk songs, … Continue reading →
Iâll start out by saying that, in my opinion, the most egregious error that the Coenâs made with Inside Llewyn Davis was using the names âJim and Jeanâ for the characters in the film. It fuels the mostly unwarranted complaints … Continue reading →
