I first came across Julian Lage browsing Telluride’s Nightgrass lineup this past summer. Raised in NorCal and now living in Boston, he performed in Telluride with The Punch Brothers, which is led by former Nickel […]
Month: October 2009
fresh clippings: Questions for Rosanne Cash – The New York Times Magazine
A few weeks back, Rosanne Cash was the subject of “Questions,” my favorite page in The New York Times Magazine. She was asked about her new album, The List, which includes 12 songs off of […]
holy grass: The Blind Boys of Alabama – DUETS
New album out this week by gospel legends The Blind Boys of Alabama. Creatively, it’s called DUETS and it’s a bunch of duets. Their first single, “Perfect Peace,” features Jamaican reggae legend Toots Hibbert of […]
the backstory: Cory Chisel’s “Born Again”
On Columbus Day weekend when my family was in town, my dad was dying to go see some good music. Choices were pretty limited on a holiday weekend, but I stumbled across a WFUV show […]
grass stains: Bela Fleck & Toumani Diabate at Telluride
I got the chance to see these guys play together in Central Park (for free) over the summer. It’s hard to put this in a category, but there’s just something really special about it. If […]
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