It’s hard to go wrong kicking off the week with the Staples Singers. Here’s the group celebrating their 1999 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction with rousing performances of their classics “Respect Yourself” and “I’ll Take You There.”
Say What?! Summer/Fall 2018 Edition
One of my favorite things about seeing live shows (well, after the music) are the crazy comments that you hear along the way. Here are a few choice selections from summer/fall 2018. If this is your first time seeing me, you’ll realize that I’m an acquired taste. This next song here should weed you out. […]
Madisons – Country Music Sunday!!!
When I last was tuned into Austin’s Madisons, Dominic Solis and his band of merry-makers had just released a record full of tragic stories and ne’er-do-wells set to some lively dance music. It was a lot of fun if you didn’t listen to the lyrics too closely. Over the holidays their new EP, Country Music […]
Raymond Watts On The Pillow Fight At His First Gig And Why He Prefers Tour Vans Over Buses
Raymond Watts of
The Delines Discuss Band Group Dynamics and Late Night Eating
Willy Vlautin and Amy Boone of the Delines share an early gig that cleared the room and the need for artists to balance a social life with a solitary life.
Monday Morning Video – Whitey Morgan
Whitey Morgan is one of the shining lights in contemporary outlaw country. Here’s “Around Here” from last year’s Hard Times and White Lines.
The Twangville Early 2019 Release Preview
If the albums scheduled for release over the next few months are any indication, there’s a great year of music ahead of us. Here are just a few forthcoming long-players that we are eagerly anticipating in 2019. WHAT WILL YOU DO by LULA WILES(25 January on Smithsonian Folkways)The Boston trio have taken their time […]
Thomas Turner of Ghostland Observatory Talks About a Big Band Expense and Keeping Things in Perspective
Ghostland Observatory’s Thomas Turner talks about touring in FBI cruisers and why it’s important for musicians to keep things in perspective.
Sylvia Rose Novak Talks Touring on a $45 Food Budget and Singing Flogging Molly Covers
Sylvia Rose Novak onn the first song she wrote (which appears on her second album) and why music can break your heart… but that there’s nothing in world like it.
Monday Morning Video – Jimmy Cliff and Friends
How about we start off the week with a classic. Jimmy Cliff is a towering voice, both as a singer and a songwriter, and “Many Rivers to Cross” is among his finest creations. Don’t believe me? Look at this list of artists who have covered the song: Bruce Springsteen, Annie Lennox, Jimmy Barnes & Crowded […]