Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
If your ears stumbled upon Front Porch Sessions, you would think you’re listening to vintage country blues, dusted off and re-released on a modern format. The rawness of this album … Read more
Posted in March, 2017
Brenton Wood
Fame was fleeting for silky smooth, West Coast R&B crooner Brenton Wood. His Double Shot Records years having begun with such promise, Wood seemed to be the second coming of … Read more
Samantha Fish
“She is amazing – so awesome – so commanding,” said Mike Zito in my December interview on these pages, describing his friend, Samantha Fish, whom he mentored early on. Now, … Read more
Southern Avenue
Photos by Lou Montesano Nashville is known as “Music City,” but Memphis is Tennessee’s other home of musical heritage. The former has become a hub of songwriters and musicians who have … Read more
Goodbye…James Cotton
Photos by Arnie Goodman World-renowned blues harmonica master James Cotton has died, 2017, of pneumonia, at in Austin, Texas at age 81. Cotton toured for over 60 years, making his … Read more
Mick McConnell
This is one of those genuine gems that cross your path every now and again, albeit generally way too rarely. McConnell is a British guitarist-singer-songwriter with a keen blues edge … Read more
The Grahams
Photos by Brian Bongo Davis On the final night, closing a three week tour of the UK, Nashville-based New York duo Alyssa and Doug Graham turned in an excellent, … Read more
Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches
It’s apparent that the husband and wife musical team of Nick Russo and Betina Hershey are well versed in a variety of genres. Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches’ latest EP, … Read more
Tony McManus
Tony McManus is rightly rated as one Celtic music’s finest musicians, a guy who is grounded in the tradition and picks guitar like few others with an incomparable feel and … Read more
Ten Strings and a Goat Skin
The name almost sounds like a children’s book to read to my niece sometime, but it’s truth in advertising. Combine guitar, violin and bodhran and you’ve got just what this … Read more
