Ana Popovic Heats Up Iridium Jazz Club
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
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Premiere: David Haerle invites us to The Free Show
David Haerle’s music career started before he was born. His father, Martin, emigrated from Germany to pursue a dream of working in the country music industry, initially setting up shop … Read more
Premiere: Frank Moyo’s a Friend of Mine
Frank Moyo is a slow player in a fast world. With a suave, smooth, sultry voice and soft hands on the strings, Moyo offers a voice of reason in an … Read more
Goodbye…Izzy Young
Izzy Young was one of those guys, as I joked with him a few years ago, a central pillar, part of the US New York music Jewish mafia: fortunately he … Read more
Interview: Billy F Gibbons
Catching up with ZZ Top’s legendary frontman, Billy F Gibbons, as he passes through London was the easy part, as senior Elmore writer Iain Patience discovered. Pinning down for interview time … Read more
Goodbye…Charles Bradley
Charles Bradley, master of soul, began as a James Brown impersonater and came to his own fame late in life, but music cognoscenti embraced him fully and he embraced his … Read more
Southside Johnny at Athens, NY, Riverside Park Aug. 18
My hometown of Athens, NY, will again host Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes for a free concert Friday, August 18, at the Athens Riverfront Park, a stones’ throw from … Read more
Elmore Profiles Melissa Bailey, An Artist And An Activist
By Annie Dinerman Melissa Bailey, a petite New York beauty with a powerhouse voice, has been singing since the age of five. She walks in the footsteps of her … Read more
The Changing Shades of Bluegrass
by Lee Zimmerman Photograph by Jay Blakesberg “I heard, ‘bluegrass is going to be big this year’ when I started playing around 1964… and every year after that for 20 … Read more
Americana from the roots up
by Art Ames Photograph by David J. Simchock Tell a friend about the song you just heard or the band you are listening to, and your friend will inevitably ask: … Read more
