Posted in August, 2016

The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Celebration

Photos by Ebet Roberts Lincoln Center Out of Doors timetraveled back to 1976, when the Band had their farewell performance at the Winterland Ballroom. Grammy Winner Larry Campbell and other special … Read more

We Banjo 3

Historians and musicologists will tell you there’s a direct link between Bluegrass as it originated in Appalachia and the traditional folk sounds of the British Irish, be it from England, … Read more

Cantina

That dream factory of surrealistic, experimental indie-pop known as the Elephant 6 Collective never really closed its doors for good. As drummer for the Apples in Stereo since 2006, John … Read more

Tony Lustig Quintet

Yet another millennial blows into town (via Detroit) carrying, of all things, a baritone sax and starts to light fires in the clubs. With a soulful mojo of edge and … Read more

Kris Kristofferson

“You can look at Nashville pre-Kris and post-Kris, because he changed everything.” – Bob Dylan Sixteen discs, and all I get to review is a chintzy two disc sampler?! Man, … Read more

Irene Kelley

After evolving from a somewhat archaic form of old-timey music of the back porch variety, today’s bluegrass has become a populist genre filled a crowded field of contenders. Irene Kelley, … Read more