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Photos: Rick Pauline About three years ago I went to the Town Crier in Beacon, NY to see a blues band, but can’t remember the name of the band. Ted … Read more
Photos: Rick Pauline About three years ago I went to the Town Crier in Beacon, NY to see a blues band, but can’t remember the name of the band. Ted … Read more
If you didn’t have the band lineup in front of you, you’d swear this was a bigger unit than just a six-piece—the horns of Grand Marquis create so much sound … Read more
You can close your eyes and listen, or you can watch musicians feel what they play. Elmore Executive Director Arnie Goodman gives us a few closeups of the latter, from the … Read more
Photos: Anne Spooner LOOK ! Up on that stage, it’s a talkin’ book, it’s a singin’ book, it’s a freakin’ Broadway musical, worthy of the Big Apple’s Great White Way. … Read more
An autobiography of sorts, bulging at the seams with 17 cover songs, Greatest Other People’s Hits reveals more about the artistry of veteran singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding than any book … Read more
Lee Roy Parnell made big waves in Nashville country music during the 1990s, but as a baby boomer-born Texan, he’s always loved the blues, Memphis and Alabama soul, and Southern … Read more
Showered with bouquets from critics for her powerful performance as Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway production of “Love, Janis,” Dana Fuchs returns to the role she was born to play, … Read more
Photos by Debra L. Rothenberg In great form, Jon Bon Jovi played a sold out Madison Square Garden. The Williams Honor band opened the Garden’s gates wide.
Mike Zito is a blues rocker at heart, balancing a heavy rock sound against a conventional blues approach. His balancing act can be a bit confounding at times. He left … Read more
Photos by Debra L. Rothenberg Listening to Judith Owen perform songs from her new CD, redisCOVERed, you will find your feet tapping nonstop, head bopping up and down and a … Read more