Archive for November, 2011
Revival: A Folk Music Novel
One of the first rules for a novelist is to write what you know, and Scott Alarik knows folk music better than anyone. For the past 25 years he has been the most influential folk writer in the country as a music critic for the Boston Globe, the editor of the New England Folk Almanac, […]
This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark
From the first words by Rodney Crowell to the last notes by Jerry Jeff Walker, every moment of this Guy Clark tribute is perfection.
Paul Simon’s ‘René and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War’
Belgian painter René Magritte’s was born Nov. 21, 1898, and went on to become a part of the surrealist movement along with André Breton, Salvador Dali and other artists and writers. He married his creative muse, Georgette Berger, in 1923 and reveled in the ire his art drew from the critics and conservative art crowd. […]
Woodees Earphones
To be absolutely honest, I have never found inner-ear earphones that I could bear—I’ve been through pretty much all of them including those agents of pain that come with Apple products. So I was beyond thrilled when I pulled my new Woodees out of their velvet pouch, fit them in my ear, and reveled in my first experience of ear bud comfort. Ahhhh.
Bonnie Raitt’s Life of Giving Back to the Blues
When Bonnie Raitt was 14 years old, she heard the album Blues at Newport and it lit her flame for slide guitar, blues music and the legendary masters who played it. By the time she was in her 20s she was the opening act for these legends, soaking up music lessons as well as life […]
Just Rattle Your Jewelry, Queen Mum
On November 4, 1963 the Beatles performed at the Royal Variety Performance in London attended by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. And the Fab Four’s arrival drew more attention than the arrival of the Royal Family. The Beatles, who were seventh on the bill of 19 acts, wowed the upscale crowd with […]