We have a saying here in Tucson that’s reverberated throughout much of our artistic community, and that’s to “Keep Tucson weird!” We may not be as big as Phoenix or as affluent as Scottsdale, but we make up for it…
When you step into a venue just as an acapella duet of Joni Mitchell’s ‘A Case Of You’ is starting up you know you’re in for a special kind of Wednesday night. Sweeping over the audience like a fragile…
Jim White is in his 60s these days but as an explorer of country music’s outer reaches age is certainly no albatross. Where lesser musical genres cast aside those grizzled and battered by time’s tide, in Jim’s world wisdom…
In a recent poll on BBC Radio 2, as Richard Thompson proudly informs the audience on stage in hall one of the beautiful Sage in Gateshead, ‘Who Knows Where The Time Goes’ by Fairport Convention was voted the most influential…
“It’s difficult for me to get across to you all how joyous this is for all of us.” Matthew E. White, bedecked in a dark suit and with his flowing locks constrained in a bun, almost shyly leans into the…
Nashville’s Lambchop have morphed into an intriguing live prospect in the wake of last year’s critically-lauded Flotus album. Once a sprawling southern country-soul collective whose stage-presence stretched into double figures, tonight be-capped frontman Kurt Wagner is joined only by bassist…
After a 10-year absence, the Indigo Girls returned to the UK this summer in a tour that included the Cambridge Folk Festival and ended on Sunday 30th July at the Islington Assembly Hall, London. Clearly their fans have kept the…
Friday “This is a love song I wrote, and it’s called ‘The Worst’.” Mid-way through her Stage 1 Friday afternoon set, Tennessean country blues musician Amythyst Kiah gave words to folk music’s USP, and proceeded to sing a cheerful sounding…
The annual Cambridge Folk Festival, now 53 years old, is Europe’s premier folk festival. A celebration of talent from all over the world, it’s a festival committed to giving stage time to up and comers as well as showcasing some…
Henham Park hosted the 12th edition of Festival Republic’s Latitude Festival last weekend, and this writer was fortunate to be there for the 6th consecutive year. I don’t know quite what it is that keeps me coming back year upon…