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The Wreck Room: 1997-2007
A couple of years ago, I sat at a table at J&J's Hideaway with Wreck Room owner Brian Forella and developer Philip Poole. The...
Corrine West
Corrine West quit school and left her California home when she was 15 to travel with nomadic artists in a converted school bus, looking...
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Cross Canadian Ragweed has delivered great live shows for the past decade, but the band’s CDs usually don’t live up to its promise.
Much...
Newgrass, New Guard
Thank goodness for Fred's Texas Café. Now that the Wreck Room is gone (R.I.P.), the ancient diner and backyard hang-out is all that remains...
Miles Davis
Miles Davis was in his mid-forties when he completed his transition from traditionalist to improvisational jazz-funk maestro, and most of his in-between work is...
Red Stick Ramblers
Listening to the Red Stick Ramblers’ new album, Made In the Shade, you may get the feeling you’re at a shade-tree party in their...
The Juke Jumpers
Anyone who’s seen The Juke Jumpers knows the wild, sweaty nights this band can invoke.
Drinking and dancing are trusty companions to rockabilly juke-joint jump...
Wall of Sound Wrap-Up
LaGrave Field is where many families regularly gather during the summer to watch the Cats aspire to - and often achieve - minor-league baseball...
Unbreakable
Smoothvega, back-to-back winner of best rap/R&B artist in our annual Music Awards (2006, 2007), wants to make one thing abundantly clear: He is by...
Bruton Redux
In January, legendary contemporary bluesman, singer-songwriter, and hometown hero Stephen Bruton had no idea he had cancer until his wife shined a flashlight down...
