Folk Alliance International isn’t your typical music conference. Held this year in New Orleans, days include industry panels, seminars, and public showcases in hotel ballrooms, but the real magic happens late at night when up to 100 hotel rooms transform into intimate “private showcases”—artists who normally fill 500-seat theaters performing for 20 people at a […]
Dan Navarro on Band Instructions and the Value of Old Classic Songs
Singer-songwriter Dan Navarro talks about the open mic at L.A.’s Troubadour in the mid-1970’s, his definition of a day job, and the true beginning of the long hard climb.