My musical highlight of the last two weeks was visiting The Big House, where the Allman Brothers and various hangers on lived in the early 70s. I was down in Macon for the only good reason anyone goes
Yesterday, I had the great honor of seeing Jason Moran’s Harlem Hellfighters project at the Berklee Theater in Boston. This is a project dedicated to the music and memory of James Reese Europe,
The big news over the last two weeks is of course the loss of Tom Verlaine. I don’t have a ton to say except what’s always been said. Amazing guitarist, underrated vocalist. One probably w
No shows this week, still in a drought but they are slowly coming onto my winter and spring calendar. But I did finish reading Philippe Carles and Jean-Louis Comolli’s 1971 book Free Jazz/Black
While I want to focus this post on my favorite albums of 2022, I have to start by noting the passing yesterday of the great Ian Tyson. While I am not much of a fan of the early 60s folk scene, Ian &am
Music news is never very intense the week before Christmas–most artists are off the road, if you are seeing live music, it might be the worst band in existence–Trans-Siberian OrchestraR
This week’s musical highlight for me was seeing a recording of Mountain Stage, the legendary West Virginia-based public radio music program. But I wasn’t in West Virginia. They did it at t
This week’s musical highlight for me was seeing Patterson Hood play City Winery in Boston. This is exactly two weeks after his Drive By Truckers bandmate Mike Cooley played there so that was a g