Exclusive: Prince’s closeup
Interview by Nick Caruso All Prince photos from Prince: A Private View by Afshin Shahidi. Copyright © 2017 by the author and reprinted with permission of St. Martin’s Press, … Read more
Features
Premiere: Does Billy Burnette cross your mind?
Everyone should know Billy Burnette, because everyone knows his music. Billy Burnette was born with music in his veins. His father Dorsey Burnette and uncle Johnny Burnette were two-thirds of the … Read more
News from Reading
It seemed almost pre-destined that Reading, PA would eventually get a blues festival. The Berks Arts Council has presented the very successful Berks Jazz Fest for the past 27 years, … Read more
John McLaughlin
Like the joy and fast-paced enthusiasm conveyed on his classic tune “The Noonward Race,” guitar legend John McLaughlin is fully energized by several musical happenings on the horizon. There’s his … Read more
Robert Plant, on music
Elmore writer Iain Patience visited his native England, and found himself sitting down with a neighbor, Robert Plant. There are stars, superstars and even megastars. Then there is Robert Plant, a guy … Read more
Goodbye…Tom Petty (1950 – 2017)
“It’s alright if you love me, it’s alright if you don’t…” Though this lyric from one of Thomas Earl Petty’s early singles with the Heartbreakers (“Breakdown”) reeks of assured indifference, … Read more
Premiere: Jason Heath And The Greedy Souls
Available October 13, But There’s Nowhere To Go, the newest album from Jason Heath And The Greedy Souls, sounds a cry from the depths of the American Dream. Time, neglect, and corruption … Read more
Max Gomez: Full plate, forks a-plenty
Max Gomez learned to sing listening to Johnny Cash, and as a teenager adopted Big Bill Broonzy as his blues master. In his hometown of Taos, New Mexico—situated between Colorado … Read more
Chris Pierce, on recording at Muscle Shoals
Singer Chris Pierce traveled to Muscle Shoals to record You’ve Got To Feel It!, an album of classic soul songs, accompanied by many of the original artists. He found it … Read more
Paul Thorn, the hammer, nailing it down
Photos by Gene Lazo Elmore had an interesting conversation with the peripatetic Paul Thorn, whom we last saw at a traditional concert venue, and again at sea. Currently, Thorn … Read more
