Ever been dragged to a concert? Totally out of place, you somehow had an amazing experience simply because someone pushed you beyond your comfort zone. I had a more extreme … Read more

By its very nature, music is an elusive art form. Unrecorded legendary performances abound, where all that remains are the reports from those (often themselves long dead) who heard it, … Read more

Country music—real American folk music—is something special. That’s one idea I always had a hard time admitting. Sometimes I wonder how country music (or country and western, as it was … Read more

Like anyone else that enjoys live music I have attended countless shows that were part of both major and smaller tours throughout the years. What most people don’t realize about … Read more

I’ve always loved radio. My grandparents’ gigantic Zenith wood cabinet the size of a small refrigerator, then my first transistor radio the size of an iPod, but thicker. It produced … Read more

Billie Holiday baring her soul; a sweaty, young James Brown bringing down the house; Janis belting it out at Newport; Hendrix soloing at the Fillmore East…… these are just a … Read more

The first thing that really moved me when I first listened to music was the sound of the electric guitar and that is still true to this day. I can … Read more

It was January, 1964, and school had just let out for the day. I set my destination the second I woke up: Abrams Music Store. Meet the Beatles was being … Read more

It will take more than a hurricane to drown the spirit of America’s musical tap root. The Crescent City’s life blood comes from its total immersion in the sounds of … Read more

Transplanting myself from New York to California in 1966 was a profound shock. The music disoriented me most:my East Coast songs were displaced by groups I had never heard of: … Read more