This is a fascinating interview with Henry Horenstein, photographer of country music. I have a Johnny Cash picture, but it’s no good. Same thing with Merle Haggard. But at the time that I was shooting I wasn’t looking for the stars. Dolly Parton hadn’t yet...
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The life of a musician is one of high-risk, if for no other reason that they are on the road all the time. Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera is the latest.
Doc Severinsen does King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King." From 1970.
Another great one is gone.
The great composer has passed at the age of 103. Here's a recording of his 1976 piece "A Symphony of Three Orchestras," performed by Pierre Boulez and the New York.
We've seen a lot of coverage of lockouts lately because professional sports league owners have used the tactic to try and wring major concessions out of unions. But it is.
The great saxophonist David S. Ware has passed at the age of 62. I knew he had been sick for a long time. He received a kidney transplant 2 years ago, donated by a fan, which goes to show the devotion of the followers of...
Because Robbie Fulks is awesome and because Georgia Hard is the best country album of this millennium.
In case you ever wanted to see a Richard Nixon political ad that features a random picture of Jerry Garcia, here you go:
Civil War reenactors are, by and large, a depressing lot: Some re-enactors have formed camp bands to play music that soldiers enjoyed hearing around battlefield campfires. The most popular tunes included songs from the minstrel stage. Groups such as the 2nd South Carolina String Band...
Every time I listen to the old Tex Williams song "The Night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel for Single Girls Burned Down," I always think the relevant politicians are modern Republicans..
Well this sucks. God may not have made honky tonk angels, but there's a honky tonk angel gone to meet God* *or whatnot