Monday, August 8 2011
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings: Kings and Queens
Kings and Queens is a collection just bursting to the seams with pure talent, and is the group's most ambitious statement to date.
Tuesday, July 26 2011
Play Me Some Mountain Music: The Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2011, Part 2
Four days of sun, banjos, snow, Mumfords, fiddles, and rock gods at 10,000 feet.
Thursday, July 29 2010
On TV This Week: Paul McCartney and the PBS Special with a Long Title
As a fan of both Paul McCartney and the Beatles, I heard quite a bit about this special, and had low expectations. The event seemed focus too much on itself and its guests instead of the real reason they were there.
Wednesday, January 27 2010
Patty Griffin: Downtown Church
One of the great songwriters in the business lays down the pen to go to church and rides off with a classic. Oh, she writes a couple of these, too, and wait'll you hear them.
Tuesday, December 9 2008
In Praise of Older Women: The Best Records of 2008 by Women 45 Years Old and Over
The old music-industry adage is that if a woman doesn't have a hit by the time she's 22 years old, she should probably look for another career. That's obviously a load of blarney.
Thursday, July 31 2008
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Informative and educational, intriguing and entertaining, part American history lesson, part biography and part concert film.
Tuesday, July 8 2008
Emmylou Harris: All I Intended to Be
Whether writing or re-interpreting, Harris ingeniously utilizes the affability of each song’s structure with grace and respect, employing her crystalline voice to buff its rough components into a jewel.
Monday, June 12 2006
Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)
Together, Neil Young and Jonathan Demme make the graying of the quintessential baby boom musician a triumph to be celebrated.
