Uncategorized | May 29, 2015
MARC BROUSSARD: LIVIN’ & LEARNIN’ IN ‘LOOSIANAOne of America’s best singer/songwriters relishes life for all the right reasons. By Steve Houk For Marc Broussard, life right now is, well, as about good as it gets. It could […]
Uncategorized | May 27, 2015
JOEL RAFAEL: THE FLOWING STREAM OF FOLK MUSICA folk music mainstay helps keep the genre alive. By Steve Houk Ever’body might be just one big soul, Well it looks that a-way to me. Those are Woody Guthrie’s […]
Uncategorized | May 22, 2015
STRIKING MATCHES & THE SECRET SISTERS: DYNAMIC DUOS UNITETwo stellar musical duos hit the T-Bone paved road together. By Steve Houk In the annals of popular music, there have been very few truly successful duos, I’m talking influential groups that […]
Uncategorized | May 8, 2015
RISING APPALACHIA: FOSTERING WIDER CIRCLESA unique band with a clear mission crisscrosses the country making a powerful impact. By Steve Houk Somewhere out there, maybe over the rainbow, or even just in the haze […]
Uncategorized | April 25, 2015
REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND: SO UNIQUE AND SO DELICIOUSThe one and only Reverend Peyton and his Big Damn Band find a delicious balance. By Steve Houk It’s been kinda the “thing” for a while now for young bands to make […]
Uncategorized | April 17, 2015
JAMES McMURTRY: THINGS HE’S COME TO KNOWFolk rock legend James McMurtry weaves magical tales from out on the road. By Steve Houk It used to be that you could spend a buncha straight time doing a record, […]
Uncategorized | April 13, 2015
JOHNETTE NAPOLITANO: A FORCE OF NATUREJohnette Napolitano, a true rock ‘n’ roll survivor, keeps making music amidst her busy life. By Steve Houk Johnette Napolitano, the lead singer, bassist and co-founder of 80’s alt rock band […]
Uncategorized | April 7, 2015
JOAN ARMATRADING: STILL ILLUMINATING THE WORLDA world class musician gets closer to her audience in the twilight of her career. by Steve Houk Joan Armatrading has done just about everything she wanted to do when she set out […]
Uncategorized | April 6, 2015
RHIANNON GIDDENS: WHAT CAME BEFORE AND WHAT COMES AFTERRhiannon Giddens is always looking back, as she looks gloriously forward. By Steve Houk In music, who came before does matter. The heritage, the beginnings, those risk takers and visionaries, is how music came […]
Uncategorized | March 30, 2015
TOM PAXTON: SAME OL’ SONGWRITER WORKIN’A folk music legend is still at it because, well, he writes great songs. By Steve Houk He came up at a time when the songs that were being written […]