Premiere: Alice Howe’s Getaway Car revs up
“I can’t remember not singing,” Alice Howe said, and her earliest memories were of her mother’s records—Muddy Waters, Taj Mahal, and other blues giants. After college and a time in … Read more
“I can’t remember not singing,” Alice Howe said, and her earliest memories were of her mother’s records—Muddy Waters, Taj Mahal, and other blues giants. After college and a time in … Read more
When we heard rumors about the new bicolor LED light, the Lume Cube Panel Mini, we couldn’t wait to try it out on mid-sized stages during performances and backstage in … Read more
Ken Francis Wenzel studied classical saxophone, graduating college with a degree in jazz studies and spent the next ten years playing sax all over the world with Frankie Avalon, Ben … Read more
Dion DiMucci is not one of the first names that comes to mind when I think of the blues. Yes, that Dion of Dion and the Belmonts, the king of … Read more
I’m impressed by the Lume Cube Panel Mini, a very versatile LED light just released by Lume Cube. As a professional photographer currently shooting video as well as stills, … Read more
Austria, Appalachia and Americana have more in common than beginning and ending with an “A.” Mountains, forests, stubbornness, warmth of heart, religiosity and partaking of a very simple life … Read more
Refugees of the turbulent 1960s came out of that wilderness traumatized and weary. The breezy, soft-rock therapy peddled by America had the power to heal and blow away the pollution … Read more
Multitudes of musical artists regularly seek out Ruthie Foster to sing on their albums and at their concerts. Foster possesses a caramel-creamy, and utterly breathtaking voice that electrifies and enhances … Read more
Although I met the irreverently charming and talented mischief maker and pastor a few times, my favorite memory is from a Johnny Carson Tonight Show. Little Richard showed up in … Read more
The late John Stewart underwent a radical conversion before rousing Sleepy Jean with his perfectly charming fairy tale “Daydream Believer,” which bursts wide open with transcendent romantic pop idealism in … Read more