Sierra Ferrell at Webster Hall in NYC 5/16 Here is a show review with impressions by musician and songwriter from Trinidad and Tobago, Gary Hector. I’m ready, sort of. Seeing Sierra Ferrell live in concert was Magical, Surreal, Spiritual, Uplifting, Amazing and more. No Pyrotechnics, No Dancers, No Trapeze, No Instructions, Just Sierra Ferrell, […]
Calling Cadence is duo Oscar Bugarin and Rae Cole. The Los Angeles based outfit has a new, self-titled acoustic album coming out in October, with some songs from it available now. Oscar Bugarin wrote an exclusive essay for us about his time in the army and the way it worked for him while he was […]
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Luke Sital-Singh — Sad Song Playlist For most of my life I’ve been drawn to sad songs and more generally to sad things. In fact I wouldn’t be so quick to use the word sad. It’s more melancholy that I am drawn to. I find melancholy so much more moving than joy and I just […]
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Bob Gruen this week on the Staring at the World Podcast (Q&A with BoDeans’ Kurt Neumann and podcast producer T Torrence Productions) This week on Staring at the World podcast we sat down, virtually with Bob Gruen, one of the most influential rock n roll photographers of all time. He was the personal photographer to […]
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Taylor Scott — Tour Diary 9/29 Wednesday I started the tour solo driving from Denver to Portland. Crossing over i-80 through southern Wyoming is boring for some people but I don’t mind it at all. The Medicine Bow Forest up near Elk Mountain, the Red Desert east of Rock Springs, and the bluffs of Green […]
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Paul Gilbert — the subject and guest of this week’s podcast by Kurt Newmann. This week on Staring at the World podcast we sat down virtually with Paul Gilbert, one of the world’s fastest guitar shredders and founder of bands Racer X and Mr Big, to discuss his life, career, and new holiday album TWAS, […]
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“Staring at the World” Podcast (Q&A with BoDeans’ Kurt Neumann and podcast Producer, T Torrence Productions.) This week, we released a two part special with legendary drummer Kenny Aronoff. In this special, Kenny talks about serving the bands he has played alongside and what he learned in order to play with the best. What do […]
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Staring at the World — Podcast by Kurt Neumann Q&A with BoDeans’ Kurt Neumann and podcast Producer, T Torrence Productions. https://youtu.be/0NtjjAbhk58 https://youtu.be/VP4Nv5ZM7fU https://youtu.be/sOLmk8Q-BTY https://youtu.be/n2HJWA_Ov0E This week marked the launch of the new audio/visual podcast, Staring at the World with BoDeans’ Kurt Neumann. Staring at the World will focus in on the creative elements with […]
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Drive-By Truckers with Jason Isbell photo taken by Glenn Cook at Shoalsfest October 3rd Drive-By Truckers: Ryman Auditorium 10/4 The Ryman Auditorium with its ghost of religion hanging in the rafters is an unlikely place to see Drive-By Truckers. They were and remain a bar band – I write that in a kind way. I […]
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Jeremiah Johnson – Tour Diary – Sept ‘21 Ruf Records Recording Artist 5X Top 10 Billboard Blues Artist 9/15/21 – Jumping through Hoops to Survive There was a point where I thought touring in Europe was something lost to this pandemic and the title “International Touring Artist” was years away. This current tour I am […]
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