During this period, James appeared at folk and blues festivals, gave concerts around the country and recorded several albums for various record labels. His songs have influenced generations of musicians and have been adapted by numerous artists. He has been hailed as "one of the seminal figures ...
“When I was growing up in South Carolina, once a year we’d pack the family car up and head up to my great grandparents home for some front porch pickin,’ covered dishes, lots of love and plenty of leftovers! This is where I learned about the joy music could bring and how it’s...
A bit clichéd maybe, but a fitting introduction to one of the very best concerts I have been fortunate to attend. The concert was the last date of the band’s first US tour – expected, as Glenn Hughes repeated on several occasions, to ‘build a foundation’ for a band that aims to...
George Mitchell:“Now we were recording a very different sound, one that I had never heard before, and one that had never made it to record. I assume this was because Columbus was the poorest area in Georgia, and it was very isolated. It didn’t have a freeway connection, the resident...
I was a Deadhead. I came to it reluctantly in 1985. A friend had been playing a live cassette in my 1968 VW Bug and it got stuck in my stereo, forcing me to listen to it over and over again. At the time, I was into all kinds of music and going to concerts by Iron maiden, ...
Judith is currently the musical director forEssential Voices USA(EVUSA), an ensemble that has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and on NPR’S Tiny Desk Concerts, and has recorded numerous CDs of newly commissioned works and holiday music. She has received two Emmy nominations, one for...
Dylan has played over 3,000 concerts, covering all corners of the globe, and has released over 40 albums. Finally, if you are in any doubt as to Dylan’s continuing relevance, bear in mind that a recent song is Adele’s version of “Make You Feel My Love,” a great song, but not...
So while 2017 may mark 20 years of loyalty even for the most dedicated of Fansons — who first became acquainted with the towheaded brothers over the summer of 1997 during the time of their breakout album Middle of Nowhere and subsequent sold-out arena concerts, Saturday Night Live appearance...
Finer points of this band became real to me by the end of the tour, when I attended 19 of the last 20 concerts. Such satisfying music—each musician and crew member was top-notch, knew why they were there, and all of them did their jobs with personal flair, even the riggers. I ...
It is nice right now to decide the morning of my workout what I want to do but I miss having a goal race in the near future (so far my next race is in April and that feels way too far away). I have been thinking about finding a race to try and push myself in th...