Featured | April 7, 2019
Jimmy Webb’s Songs For EternityIn researching the astonishing songwriting career of the legendary Jimmy Webb, one image kept cascading through my mind. My parents. You see it was Lynn and John Houk who got […]
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Featured | April 6, 2019
Adrian Belew: Best Of All WorldsFor a musical virtuoso and true groundbreaker like Adrian Belew, you’d think that sharing the studio and the stage throughout his illustrious career with legends like David Bowie, Frank Zappa, […]
Classic Rock | March 25, 2019
Reviving The Music Of A Legendary ConcertAmong some other notable factoids, 9/3/77 is considered by some to be the day the Grateful Dead proved to everyone that they were absolutely here to stay, drawing so many […]
Americana | March 21, 2019
Mary Gauthier’s Unexpected PleasuresMary Gauthier has to feel that life is full of the gloriously and humbly unexpected. Twenty-nine years after she stopped drinking cold turkey and twenty-two after she wrote her first […]
Classic Rock | March 20, 2019
The Rhythmic Brain Of Mickey HartMickey Hart has got rhythm. Of course anyone who knows anything about rock music knows that. As drummer and percussionist extraordinaire for the Grateful Dead for over fifty years, or […]
Americana | March 16, 2019
Luther Dickinson: Livin’ The DreamIf there was ever a rock star basking in a musical heaven-on-earth right now, it’s got to be Luther Dickinson. The renowned blues-Americana-rock guitarist/singer/songwriting maven has pretty much got it […]
Classic Rock | February 27, 2019
Feats Not Failing Them NowAs they step on stage wherever they may be during their current 50th anniversary tour, the guys in Little Feat know exactly why they’re still there. During their original, legendary, […]
Americana | February 10, 2019
The Krickets’ Healing SoundsA local band from the Florida panhandle survives two different kinds of storms while helping their community heal. Last year when the residents of Mexico Beach, Port St Joe and […]
Americana | January 14, 2019
Steve Earle: A Fearless Heart SurvivesMaking better music than ever, an Americana legend finds his way past the darkness while paying homage to those who influenced him most. Yes, Steve Earle‘s early life does read […]
Americana | January 12, 2019
Alejandro Escovedo’s Life Of CrossingsAlejandro Escovedo’s trailblazing life has always been one of movement, of challenges, of beating the odds. All amidst a scintillating tapestry of brilliant and memorable music.