In December Bob Dylan will travel to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. (Update: Actually, looks like he will *not* be in attendance for the ceremony) This is unprecedented in awarding the prize to a musical composer, much … Continue reading →
This week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine Episode 16-28 we begin a two part feature focusing on the Political Conventions. This week weâll turn our attention to two Civil Rights issues Racial Equality and LGBT Rights. Weâll hear from … Continue reading →
This week marks the 46th anniversary of the Tate/LaBianca murders committed by Charles Manson and his cult-like Family. A nightmarish event with lasting cultural impact, music is central to its story. This and next weekâs posts explore the connection. Coming … Continue reading →
I love a good man outside the law⨠just as much as I hate a bad man inside the law. â Woody Guthrie (1940) Legend On October 22, 1934, Charles Arthur âPretty Boyâ Floyd â a bank robber suspected by … Continue reading →
  Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar What do Nick Cave, Cher, Eddie Murphy, and the The London Symphony Orchestra have in common? They have all covered âHey Joe.â âHey Joeâ â Jimi Hendrix Version [1st verse (Oo â backing vocals on … Continue reading →
     GENE CLARK Here Tonight | The White Light Demos Omnivore Recordings www.omnivorerecordings.com  Heralded in the mid-1960s as Americaâs Beatles, the Byrds â co-founded by Clark â struck pay-dirt right out-of-the-gate with their ringing version … Continue reading →
Did you happen to watch the American Masters biography of Haggard that I posted earlier this week? Itâs long, so no worries if you didnât, but Gillian Welch makes an important comment in the interview with her in that documentary.âIâve … Continue reading →
Jerry Garcia I first remember hearing Merle Haggardâs song âSing Me Back Home,â which we introduced in the previous post, in a cover version performed by Richard Shindell. Itâs possible I heard a taped Grateful Dead version before then, but … Continue reading →
