May be a curious thing for a 60-something, married straight guy to say. But, I think I may be falling in love with Bruce Hornsby. Don’t get me wrong, in a romantic context, I’d be much more interested in responding […]
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This week’s DJ is another Northern Californian, more specifically from the heart of Silicon Valley, Joe Hnilo. I have this vision of a bunch of Google or Apple nerds tapping their toes to some bluegrass while they invent the next […]
The best music takes on a life of its own, but it’s important for fans to ensure it doesn’t become a shut-in. Consider rock and roll’s recent slide in popularity (to some extent at the hands of the banjo). Rock may […]
If I didn’t write one more word past that title, it wouldn’t surprise me if you knew exactly which road I was driving down. Just six short words, part of a longer sentence, from the first verse of the second […]
Almost 60 years after the first Newport Folk Festival, we’re still struggling to define folk music. Well, maybe more accurately, we’re still trying to determine if there are any boundaries to folk music and trying to determine how porous those […]
Goldenvoice, creators of the Coachella Music & Arts Festival, Stagecoach and Desert Trip have rolled out another festival that kind of blends all three of them together, the Arroyo Seco Weekend. In its inaugural debut, the lineup was a cross-section […]
From the moment the electric guitar comes in with its melodic hook, you’ll be hooked on “Rock N Roll On” by country-rock singer, Josh Taerk. Josh’s passion for music is amplified whenever he gets to play for an audience. Distinguished […]
Zeb Snyder emerged as a fresh guitar talent about a decade ago playing with the Snyder Family Band, consisting of his younger sister Samantha on fiddle, and his father, Bud, playing bass. I first remember seeing him at a now-defunct autumn […]
Sarah Shook’s rawboned country shudders and shakes with desperation and unquenched longing. Like the face staring back from her Bloodshot debut Sidelong, there’s an unvarnished severity that belies the smoke she’s blowing, face half-hidden in hair. There’s something cagey in […]
Eric Andersen’s appearance at McCabe’s in Santa Monica, California has become an annual event, which is good-news for L.A.’s Americana-roots music scene. The veteran singer-songwriter responsible for such classics as “Violets of Dawn,” and “Thirsty Boots,” has been especially active […]
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