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Sometimes, one can have a somewhat religious experience just by spending some moments marveling at the wondrous persons whose presence on this earth has provided a vehicle for such blessings to be conveyed to the rest of us. I’m thinking right now of those musicians and entertainers who have contributed so much sublime joy, with [...]
The issue of whether a white boy can sing the blues was settled a long time ago, when Jimmie Rodgers let loose his railroad hobo moan. The question of whether John Hammond–the privileged white son of a legendary record-industry talent scout–could sing the blues with the same legitimacy and deep feeling as his Afro-Delta inspirations took somewhat longer to answer. As Jerry Wexler observes in his liner...
This week in the reviews we've got country, jazz, R&B, singer/songwriter pop and whatever the heck you'd call what Beck and Walter Becker do. Herewith the capsules: > Beck's new album is a "dizzying synopsis of the collage master's sonic...
To jazz fans of my father’s generation, the 1930 recording of “Blue Yodel No. 9″ by Jimmie Rodgers was a remarkable mystery: Here was the legendary singing brakeman, accompanied by a trumpet player who……Read more
Old Man Luedecke is a banjo player that writes and sings about love and lonesomeness. His music is a genuine and authentic reproduction of late 20s to 40s country-folk music such as Jimmie Rodgers and Pete Seeger. Don’t get me wrong, Old Man Luedecke does not imitate old country-folk style; he makes beautiful songs and establishes his own personal style by acknowledging traditional influences. The...
Not a whole lot of film of Jimmie Rodgers. This is very cool. Sister Sandra…was it JR’s tombstone that fell on you that time? HA. Not many peoples can claim that distinguishing honor, to have the Singing Brakeman’s…um…part of his resting place fall on ya person.
Vint Cerf, widely referred to as the “Father of the Internet” in the global ICT world, has urged Pacific islanders to seize opportunities offered by the Internet and also called on Pacific islands administrations to cooperate in an effort to try to create widely accessible Internet in the region. Cerf’s message was posted on YouTube [...]
NAZARETH, Pa. - C.F. Martin IV sure knows how to build guitars. Just don't ask him to play one in public. ''I'm an abysmal guitar player,'' confesses Martin, sixth-generation CEO of the eponymous guitar maker C.
I watched a brief portion of the Academy of Country Music Awards last night. And then picked up a book and went into another room. It was that put-offish. The extravaganza (strike one) was being held - not in Nashville where it belongs but - in Las Vegas (strike two). Having drifted away from the genre in recent years, I was shocked to see how it has devolved into what I can only describe as acid country...
The hillbilly music of the south is a genre of music that is beginning to grow at an immense rate throughout the United States. Originating in Bristol Tennessee, country music is a type of music that integrates the blues, jazz and originally some "hillbilly folk" with a bit of swing, and just recently some pop has been added to the sound. The lyrics represent the "faithfully charted vicissitudes of...
Greg Vandy brings the old-time to The Roadhouse tonight at 6pm. The Kings Of Mongrel Folk and Tom Sauber will play live at 7pm, and preview Roots & Branches, a film/performance presentation at NW Film Forum, tomorrow, Thursday, May 8th. Northwest Film Forum presents a special presentation featuring motion picture and newsreel footage from [...]
