I haven't written a Music Notes column in a long time, largely because I've been traveling so much, often for shows. So let me highlight a couple and then I will hold the show I saw last night for the next edition, since I don't...
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I've been reading a couple of music books and since I don't have any gigantic stories to tell today or any shows I've seen in the last couple of weeks,.
I spent last weekend at Shoalsfest in Florence, Alabama, followed by a trip to the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. While there is plenty of music news and interesting articles to.
Last Saturday, I saw Yo La Tengo play at the Columbus Theater in Providence. It was my second Yo La Tengo show and the better of the two, I think. In the first set, the band really went to their quieter music, which isn't surprising...
Vocalist Rhiannon Giddens (2nd R) performs with Dirk Powell, Hubby Jenkins, Jason Sypher, and Jamie Dick at the Newport Jazz Festival August 5, 2017 in Newport, Rhode Island. The Newport.
Last night, I saw Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney at the Columbus Theater in Providence. This was my first indoor show since the pandemic began. There was a vaccination.
Another week, another major musical death to note here. This time, it's Don Everly, the remaining half of The Everly Brothers. I don't have as much to say about Everly as I did last week about Tom T. Hall because I'm not as huge a...
This week's issue of Music Notes will only discuss one issue before we get to reviews, and that's the death of Tom T. Hall. Tom T. was one of the.
Obviously, the big news of the week is the death of Nanci Griffith. I've never been the biggest fan, though I certainly like some of her songs. In fact, I.
One last point about the Newport Folk Festival, which is its forward looking vision of younger artists. When Randy Newman played, he got great amusement about being old. He played "I'm Dead (And I Don't Know It), which is about old musicians who refuse to...
This week's edition of Music Notes is dominated by my weekend at the Newport Folk Festival. A few initial words. First, LIVE MUSIC! OH MY GOD LIVE MUSIC! I cannot.
This was a couple of weeks with a bunch of notable deaths in the music world, so I guess let's honor the departed to get started. We lost the great.