I had the pleasure of sitting down with songwriter BJ Barham to pick his brain on a variety of subjects prior to American Aquarium’s August 16th show at the Tower Theatre in Oklahoma City. I’d been trying to chase down this interview without success for about a year due to scheduling conflicts, so I was […]
Tanya Tucker, Tatum O’Neal and the Runaways. As an impressionable young man growing up in the Houston 1970’s, those three constituted my first crushes. But there was always something special to me about Tanya Tucker. The rasp of her voice on songs that flooded KIKK and KILT airwaves. “Delta Dawn,” “What’s Your Mama’s Name?,” “Lizzie […]
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This past Tuesday evening, Oklahoma City’s Tower Theatre featured a memorable triple bill line-up of Lost Dog Street Band, Matt Heckler and The Tillers. In all my years of attending concerts, it’s still a rarity for a line-up to be as musically condusive and impressive as this evening’s was. Flash and polish have slowly crept […]
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Bobby Rush is a bluesman. 48 years following the wah wah guitar riff of “Chicken Heads,” 86 years young Bobby Rush boldly returns August 16th with the powerful Sitting on Top of the Blues from Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers, which is a potent shot of southern blues and soul; neat and straight from a living legend and […]
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If I were to challenge you to name a more authentic, living voice of Texas than Rodney Crowell who would you say? Willie Nelson? Lyle Lovett? Steve Earle? Well, if you named one of those, perhaps you’d have a valid point. My answer leans more towards Rodney Crowell, but it’s a win/win discussion to be […]
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I had the great fortune of being able to catch Old Salt Union open for Son Volt back in June, and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on their new Compass Records release, Where The Dogs Don’t Bite, which releases on August 16th. The band has one hand firmly grasped on new, or modern-grass, […]
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Marc Cohn and Blind Boys of Alabama are set to release their collaboration, Work To Do on BMG records on August 9th. With this mix of studio and live material, they have managed capture a bit of magic in a bottle by seamlessly blending gospel, soul, rock and pop in an album that captivates and inspires. “Work […]
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Robert Earl Keen came through and played a fun show at the Riverwind Casino Showplace Theatre this past Saturday. It was like seeing that old friend you haven’t seen in years, and trying to remember exactly why you haven’t seen them in so long. Back in Houston, it was pretty routine that if Keen […]
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After a few hours sleep, I head east once again towards Okemah for my final day of the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. The first two days have proven to be simply magical, and at this point, I’m no longer expecting anything but for that magic to continue. To this point, I’ve taken in 18 extraordinary […]
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As I loaded up and headed east towards Okemah, and day two of the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, I couldn’t help but speculate. Could it top the previous day? I mean after all, Thursday’s performances had been exemplary, and I mean each and every single one. How rare is that? I mean, usually in a […]
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