What is Americana? I heard that question asked many times this past week in Nashville, by first-timers and folks who knew nothing about AmericanaFest. I do not attempt to answer that as I subscribe to what Charles Mingus said about jazz: […]
What is Americana? I heard that question asked many times this past week in Nashville, by first-timers and folks who knew nothing about AmericanaFest. I do not attempt to answer that as I subscribe to what Charles Mingus said about jazz: […]
Last year I did an article on five artists not to miss at the Americana Music Association Festival. Try as I might, this year with over 200 artists performing over six days at fourteen venues I find it impossible to narrow it […]
In a previous column on the Grammy awards, I noted some differences between the movie and music industries. Another significant difference occurs during the first two or three months of each year. While Hollywood dumps its dogs during those months, music labels purposefully release many […]
Stone Cupid Record Release Party for “The Cardinal” at The Family Wash on January 21, 2016. Photo by Stacie Huckeba
Stone Cupid Record Release Party for “The Cardinal” at The Family Wash in Nashville — photo by Stacie Huckeba
Julie Christensen performs at the Sings Like Hell concert series at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara, Calif. on December 4, 2015.
Sergio Webb and Julie Christensen of Stone Cupid perform at the Sings Like Hell concert series at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara, Calif. on December 4, 2015.
The monthly music series Sings Like Hell has been setting the stage of Santa Barbara’s historic Lobero Theater alight for almost 20 years. In that time it has presented some of the greatest names in Americana music. It’s an impressive […]
Julie Christensen bowed deeply to the standing-room-only crowd at The Family Wash, a venerable East Nashville music venue, as her band, Stone Cupid, kicked into a full-bore jam. She blew a two-handed kiss to the audience, exited stage left, and […]
Julie Christensen’s incredible musical journey includes being an integral part of the L.A. Post-punk band Divine Horsemen with her then husband, Chris Desjardins, singing back up with Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen (with who she toured as a featured back […]
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