Photos by @scott.fitzgerald_ Marc Ford has, for as long as I can recall, been one of my favorite musicians. The first time I heard his talent, he was adding his melodic playing on The Black Crowes’ second, and best album — 1992’s Southern Harmony and Musical Companion — through a tape deck in my blue […]
For the second night during the 3rd week of January, Wooly’s in Des Moines, Iowa hosted another night of some of the best country music has to offer. I again packed up my lenses on Thursday the 22nd and headed back out for the 4 hour round trip drive to shoot 3, yes 3, amazing […]
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January 20th, 2020 the city of Des Moines, Iowa hosted two of what many consider to be on the upper level of the best Country and Western music being created in the music industry. Texas singer songwriter Vincent Neil Emerson, and Saskatchewan’s Colter Wall, one of Canada’s truly authentic singing cowboys, are blazing trails of […]
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If the name Vincent Neil Emerson, or VNE as he’s called on most social media, isn’t familiar to you yet, hang on to your hat and be ready to get a lesson in good timin’, honky tonkin’, straight outta Texas, country music. His new album, Fried Chicken and Evil Women, has already garnered 360k streams […]
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November 23rd I packed up my camera gear and started a 5 hour round trip journey to catch some photos of one guy playing for about an hour. The Talk Shop Lounge in St Charles, Iowa was my destination and Josh Morningstar was the reason for the trip. It wasn’t my first time seeing Josh […]
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November 7th, the Mill hosted a couple amazing talents with Cedar Rapids based Dickie Prall of the band Dickie, and the Talbot Brothers, Nick and Tyler, from Portland via Nebraska. This was the Talbotts first time playing Iowa City and with the welcome that they received, I believe it wont be the last. The 250 […]
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I’m The Smile is Charlie Roth’s 8th album and while the songs run the gambit, the sentiment of the album is very personal and full of rich emotion. Each song seamlessly fits with the next and weather written by Charlie or covers, the song selections make for a wonderful listen. Charlie has a great album […]
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The Art Inside the Craft is my exploration into the creative process of individuals who not only have a physical craft that they work, but also have an art, the “expression of human creative skill and imagination,” which affects the physical product. The symbiotic relationship between the physical act of creating, and the artistic way in […]
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The Art Inside the Craft is my exploration into the creative process of individuals who not only have a physical craft that they work, but also have an art, the “expression of human creative skill and imagination,” which affects the physical product. The symbiotic relationship between the physical act of creating, and the artistic way […]
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Chuck Hawthorne’s sophmore album, Fire out of Stone, is a mixed bag of his life experiences and a plethora of characters as rich as any Hemingway novel. His Austin, Texas roots shine through loud and clear but, it’s filtered through a lifetime of world wide travel that reflect the deepest of Americana and folk music. […]
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