Often described as a sleepy little college town, Athens, Georgia, was wide awake in the 1980s. Roused from its slumber by a percolating DIY music scene that piqued the curiosity … Read more
Photos and Review by Lou Montesano Ana Popovic’s Instagram account says she’s always on tour. That’s been largely true for the past 20 years since she moved from Serbia to … Read more
There’s not enough sexually suggestive content on the whole of Jeremiah Johnson’s Heavens To Betsy for an R-rating, though a parental warning could accompany the grinding “Tornado.” Rife with steamy … Read more
Photos by Chris Jackson With his We Be Back tour, Jason Aldean, along with opening acts Travis Denning and Morgan Wallen, electrified Charlottesville’s John Paul Jones Arena. Bringing twang to … Read more
Well, what can be said about this one? It’s James Taylor….and maybe that’s about enough to whet most music lovers’ appetites. And believe me this is a release that won’t … Read more
When I first got this new-to-me release from Dom Flemons, I slipped disc 1 into my car’s player as I cruised down Florida’s highway 441. Yowsa! I was immediately smiling … Read more
The vibe couldn’t have been much better: A warm, intimate venue with beautiful sound providing a backdrop for one-half of one of the most popular duos in ’70s popular music. … Read more
Like the opening lines “Straight to heart, straight to the point” of Dorothy Moore’s “I’ll Always Love You,” Lisa Mills gets straight to it from the opener “Greenwood, Mississippi,” and … Read more
Just like the ones scrawled all over the old wood wall nailed to the cover of Once in a Blue Moon, the stars—however crudely drawn—are aligning for the Dave Goddess … Read more
Relatively intimate and smoky, with tendrils of icicle lights crawling across the walls like softly incandescent ivy, Trading Boundaries in East Sussex, England, played host in 2018 to the first-ever … Read more
