James McMurtry – Complicated Game
From the opening line, “Honey, don’t you be yelling at me when I’m cleaning my gun,” James McMurtry gains your attention immediately. His songwriting legacy is incomparable in terms of … Read more
Posted in February, 2015
Two Gallants
Two Gallants got their start around the turn of the century, busking at the 16th and Mission BART station in San Francisco. A decade and a half later, that neighborhood, … Read more
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
On my way to this show, I reminisced on seeing Marty and His Fabulous Superlatives in a church at SXSW ten years ago, shortly after the release of the stunning … Read more
Fatboy Kanootch
Years ago, MTV’s Hip-O-Meter declared the accordion and the sousaphone to be the least hip band instruments, so Brian Mitchell and Clark Gayton launched Fatboy Kanootch to prove them wrong. … Read more
Exclusive: Check Out An Experimental, Psychedelic Track From DNSC’s New Improvised Album
Stew is a celebrated singer/songwriter and a Tony Award winner, for his musical, Passing Strange. Double Naught Spy Car is a four-piece instrumental group made up of guitarist Marcus Watkins, … Read more
The Tallest Man On Earth Shares New Song “Sagres”
Swedish folk singer Kristian Matsson, better known to his fans as The Tallest Man On Earth, is returning with his first album in three years, Dark Bird Is Home. Over the … Read more
Billy Strings & Don Julin
This ubiquitous dynamic duo brought string theory to new heights at Folk Alliance. The babyfaced Strings (born William Apostol, for those who read songwriter credits) plays the guitar like he … Read more
Sam Baker, Carrie Elkin & Chip Dolan Dazzle At Folk Alliance
Easy banter between these two consummate artists didn’t diminish the passion of Sam Baker and Carrie Elkin’s version of “Love Hurts, which (and I never, ever, thought I’d say this) … Read more
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
If perception is reality, then Chicago must be the Chris Robinson Brotherhood’s home away from home and the Park West their living room. So relaxed and comfortable was everything exuding … Read more
Ben Howard
Simply a man and his music, Ben Howard delivered heart-pounding performances of his old and new folk-rock songs at the packed Shrine Expo in Los Angeles. The English singer/songwriter premiered … Read more
