On this edition of the podcast, we’ll hear some great jam band classics from Tony Rice, Old School Freight Train, Northern Lights and Leftover Salmon. There’s also a couple of selections from the Goat Rodeo sessions recorded by Yo-Yo Ma, … Continue reading →
This week we conclude our two-part feature, It’s a Slippery Slope, with more great slide guitar selections. We’ll hear fine music from Leo Kottke, Ally Venable, Jon Shain, Sonny Treadway, Rory Block, Bruce Cockburn and quite a few others. Slip … Continue reading →
FRANK SOLIVAN Family, Friends and Heroes Compass Records www.compassrecords.com People used to make albums, you know, with a beginning and a middle and an end. Given the way we buy music these days, it … Continue reading →
“David ‘Stringbean’ Akeman” (image from Dirk aka Dave Kelly, via myspace) Murder in Music City Although the story behind this week’s song, “The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle,” is forty years old, it’s in the minority of songs among our … Continue reading →
