Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Chelsea Williams released her debut album for the Blue Élan music label. Boomerang spotlights Williams’ tantalizing vocal skills, with musical accents reminiscent of “Alice in Wonderland” and … Read more
Photos by Lou Montesano If there were a Mount Rushmore of Country Rock, Chris Hillman’s face would be forever enshrined in granite. From the Byrds to the Flying Burrito Brothers, … Read more
Good Morning Midnight, Scott Ellison’s latest release on Red Parlor Records, was produced by co-songwriter Walt Richmond, who is known for his studio work with Eric Clapton, JJ Cale and … Read more
Charles Bradley, master of soul, began as a James Brown impersonater and came to his own fame late in life, but music cognoscenti embraced him fully and he embraced his … Read more
Photos By Arnie Goodman Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Chelsea Williams released her debut album for the Blue Élan music label. Boomerang spotlights Williams’ tantalizing vocal skills, with musical accents reminiscent of … Read more
Ten Years After Photos by Arnie Goodman (at B.B. King’s Blues Club, NYC) Fifty years on, Ten Years After is a long way from a greatest-hits nostalgia act. Okay, that … Read more
The title is self explanatory. Steve Martin has been playing with the Steep Canyon Rangers, a bluegrass band from North Carolina, for about eight years now. Martin is no stranger … Read more
Photos by Laura Carbone It’s Vegas Baby! What better place than to go on a Bender of Blues than in the florescent city that never sleeps? Once home of Liberace, … Read more
The oft-controversial and unconventional Van Morrison caused a mild stir last week with his unceremonious two-word acceptance speech at the annual Americana Music Awards. Equally characteristically, the next night Morrison … Read more
Recorded with producer Don Smith (Cracker, Keith Richards, John Hiatt) and with help from Heartbreakers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, and Americana icon Greg Leisz, Bash and Pop’s debut … Read more
