Grazin’ in the Grass
The jaunty trad-bluegrass standard "We've Got Franklin D. Roosevelt Back Again" is one thing (i.e., awesome), but young folks playing it today is a...
Kind of Blue
High times for jazz are here apparently. Last week, legendary composer Herbie Hancock won the Grammy for Album of the Year.
River: The Joni...
Jazz Week
For every great movie Spike Lee serves up, he drops a clunker or two. For every Do the Right Thing (1989) or Summer of...
Super Groups
It doesn't happen very often, a veteran singer-songwriter hooking up with a veteran band to form a new, um, solo band. But over the...
Fair Warning
Here's all I have to say about Van Halen: If you're a fan, don't go to the legendary hard-rock band's show this Saturday at...
Doctor’s Blues
He's feeling fine, he's been cancer-free since undergoing treatment several months ago, and he's still playing, writing, and producing. But last week, legendary Fort...
Newness En Route
Anglophilia here in the States usually - and annoyingly - takes the form of obsession with the royal family. Prince William washed his hair...
Looking Back
Here are some of the best and worst things, I think, that happened this year, starting with the worst: 1.) The closing of the...
Red Herrings, Kerrang
When they started out about a year ago, the Red Herrings were three guys with some moderately respectable indie cred - bassist Coby Queen,...
New CDs For My Men!
Two new albums from two sweet local bands are on the way, and both have been a long time coming. One of the groups,...
