Posted in November, 2016

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Lou Reed Collection Rates a rare 100

Who better to review a Lou Reed release than Willie Nile? With the release of RCA/Arista’s impressive collectible vinyl box set less than 48 hours away, rocker Willie Nile gives us a … Read more

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Exclusive: Leon Russell

One year I booked Leon Russell at the festival I created, the Deadwood Jam. With limited set lengths due to show restrictions, I told Leon we had to stay on … Read more

Madeleine Peyroux, Living the Parisian Dream

By Iain Patience   Twenty years ago, Madeleine Peyroux exploded onto the music scene with her debut album, Dreamland, attracting enormous world-wide acclaim and critical praise. Catapulted from virtual obscurity … Read more

Goodbye… Mose Allison

Born in the Mississippi Delta and raised on the music of Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington and Nat King Cole, Mose Allison picked up piano and trumpet as naturally … Read more

Greensky Bluegrass

Formed in 2000, the five-piece, Michigan-based Greensky Bluegrass ranks among the best of that elite breed of nu-grass outfits that are helping to redefine bluegrass for a new generation of … Read more

Hart Valley Drifters

Yes, you can damn well say they were the precursor to Old and in the Way, but who knew? Who knew what lay ahead for one, very special 20 year-old– … Read more

NRBQ

Terry Adams, keyboardist, co-founder and long-running leader of NRBQ, describes the inspiration for the band in 1969 as “Sun Records and Sun Ra.” That’s a wide swath, to be sure, … Read more