all photos by Glenn Cook Patterson Hood and John Moreland at the Birchmere Patterson Hood and JohnMoreland are co-headlining together on their tour through the Northeast and Midwest, and the experience of seeing their show is like being wrapped in a dual atmosphere, one like a deeply poetic coin with two distinct sides. At the […]
Margo Price at the Belly Up Tavern Margo Price brought her Wild At Heart tour to the world-famous Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, CA. She is out on the road promoting her latest album, Hard Headed Woman, but she opened the show with the ballad “Hands of Time” from her debut album Midwest Farmer’s […]
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Patterson Hood and John Moreland at the Ram’s Head in Annapolis Patterson Hood and John Moreland write very different kinds of songs. Hood looks outward, telling stories about the world around him, while Moreland looks inward, tracing the quiet fault lines of his own life. Sunday’s double-bill at Ram’s Head On Stage in Annapolis demonstrated […]
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The Sky Chiefs at Reveler in Richmond “It’s a long story….” Early in the second set, Sky Chiefs guitarist Kevin Pittman intimated there might not be enough time to tell everything that brought the Sky Chiefs to Reveler in the heart of Richmond’s Carytown district. When he and Richmond native Stephen McCarthy discovered tapes they […]
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John Craigie: A Storyteller Returns to the Islands There’s a particular kind of magic that settles over a room when John Craigie takes the stage. It isn’t flashy, no light rigs or theatrics. Each year, the appearance of John Craigie at Blue Note Hawaii has begun to feel less like a tour stop and more […]
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Paul Thorn at The Walker Theater in Chattanooga, TN (February 28th) On Saturday Night (February 28th) I drove up to Chattanooga to catch up with Paul Thorn and his band at The Walker Theater. I hadn’t seen him since 2021 when he did a track for my tribute album for Wilson Pickett at Wishbone Studios […]
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Ratboys at the Sinclair, Cambridge, Ma., February 28 Ratboys have always existed in the fertile in-between space where indie rock meets country storytelling, but in recent years they’ve fully emerged as one of Americana’s most compelling young voices. The Chicago quartet—singer and guitarist Julia Steiner alongside guitarist Dave Sagan, bassist Sean Neumann, and drummer Marcus […]
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Ray Weaver Brings Anger, and Hope, to Ram’s Head for “One Night, One Room” Angry young men get the headlines. But underestimate an angry old man at your peril. Earlier this week, Annapolis favorite Ray Weaver returned from Denmark for a special “One Night, One Room” show at the Rams Head On Stage, built around […]
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Mike Farris at Jammin’ Java earlier this year, photo by Melissa Clarke Mike Farris- The Tennessee Soul Man at Princess Theater in Decatur Alabama I recently had the good fortune to attend Mike Farris’ solo acoustic show in the Singer- Songwriter Listening Room inside the beautiful and historic Princess Theater in Decatur Alabama. Mike is […]
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Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom played host once again to this year’s Bob Dylan Center’s musical tribute to its namesake with its “Sooner or Later” event on Friday, February 20, 2026. This year’s event was a special one-night-only tribute concert celebrating the 60th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s landmark 1966 double album Blonde on Blonde. Sixty years? Where […]
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