Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
I was familiar with Dave Alvin from his days with brother Phil and The Blasters, less so with Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Both are all about American roots music: Alvin … Read more
Reviews
Brother Dege
A uniquely cinematic and psychedelic subversion of traditional, death-obsessed Delta blues, Farmer’s Almanac immerses itself in the dark eccentricities and rural secrecy of the Deep South, a place the mysterious … Read more
BottleRock Festival Day 2
Record Company photos by Ana Gibert The Record Company made a grand entrance with an unfortunate homage to the Napa fires of a year ago—an overzealous smoke machine drove photographers … Read more
BottleRock Festival, Day 1
Photos by Ana Gibert Hailing from Texas’ own music city, Austin, Shakey Graves is a hat act without the twang, he just wears the working cowhand’s hat. Showing up with … Read more
Popa Chubby, Daryl’s House, Pawling NY
Photos: Rick Pauline About three years ago I went to the Town Crier in Beacon, NY to see a blues band, but can’t remember the name of the band. Ted … Read more
Grand Marquis
If you didn’t have the band lineup in front of you, you’d swear this was a bigger unit than just a six-piece—the horns of Grand Marquis create so much sound … Read more
Portraits of the Blues
You can close your eyes and listen, or you can watch musicians feel what they play. Elmore Executive Director Arnie Goodman gives us a few closeups of the latter, from the … Read more
John McEuen and The String Wizards,Franklin Theatre, Franklin TN
Photos: Anne Spooner LOOK ! Up on that stage, it’s a talkin’ book, it’s a singin’ book, it’s a freakin’ Broadway musical, worthy of the Big Apple’s Great White Way. … Read more
John Wesley Harding
An autobiography of sorts, bulging at the seams with 17 cover songs, Greatest Other People’s Hits reveals more about the artistry of veteran singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding than any book … Read more
Lee Roy Parnell
Lee Roy Parnell made big waves in Nashville country music during the 1990s, but as a baby boomer-born Texan, he’s always loved the blues, Memphis and Alabama soul, and Southern … Read more
