As the days of the pandemic drag by, Fridays are important for Chris Hillman and his wife Connie. As a founding member of the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Manasssas, Souther, Hillman and Furay and Desert Rose Band, Hillman can be found playing Trivial Pursuit on Skype. The bassist and mandolin player has a tradition with […]
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You might have missed it but there was some good news recently. This summer the world welcomed Dalton Loren Yoakam, the son of Dwight Yoakam and his wife Emily Joyce. Earlier this year, the longtime couple exchanged their vows in a private ceremony in Santa Monica in front of ten people, all of whom were […]
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If it seems about 100 years ago to quote the song, maybe it’s because it was. Or at least close to 50 if you’re counting. That’s when The Rolling Stones released Goats Heads Soup and now have declared what’s old is new with an elaborate reissue series. Goats Head Soup 2020 anyone? As a young […]
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Joe Biden accepted his party’s nomination as the democratic candidate to be the next president of the United States. Come with me, he implored a convention and a nation, come with me out of the darkness. “I’ll be an ally of the light, not the darkness,” he declared.” A few days later, multiple generations of […]
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Photo by Autumn Dozier Since the pandemic began in March, Emma Swift has been out of the house exactly twice. One was to the vet for her cat Ringo Stardust and the second was to the post office to mail copies to her native Australia of Blonde On The Tracks, a collection of eight Bob […]
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Peter Green wasn’t in the room but it felt like he owned the night. As the house lights came up and stagehands broke down the stage on Fleetwood Mac’s last tour, the sounds of the instrumental “Albatross” suddenly filled the arena, sounding like the soundtrack of a sunburst and rainbow forming after a thunderous rain […]
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(Photo by Erick Anderson) “You gotta be from the South to know about boogers,” Charlie Daniels cracked. When Daniels strapped his guitar on five years ago at a show in Manassas, Virginia, he derived great suspense as a storyteller, recalling the mysterious holes in the ground that attract bugs, skeeters and boogers in “The Legend […]
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Back in the days of live music (which was actually in January but feels like a decade ago), onetime nominee for Washington Music Association Best Roots Rock Vocalist Lauren Calve stood onstage at Pearl Street Warehouse with a message of hope. Calve sited Abraham Lincoln for inspiration and promises of “Better Angels” to get us […]
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If you’re familiar with nautical maps you may notice a point on the Cumberland River called “Hartford’s Bend.” The late famed songwriter John Hartford who was best known for penning “Gentle on My My Mind” had a house overlooking the river. Captains of boats would often blow their whistles when they passed in tribute to […]
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I’ve been enamored by Ratso’s Stubborn Heart (Lucky Number) since I first heard it. By year’s end, I called it my favorite album of 2019. Flash forward to the present, I am delighted that Ratso is the subject of a short film documentary. The film, I Want Everything, now playing at the virtual Brooklyn Film […]
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