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You might think that youâd do a lot to support your favorite artists, but chances are your story wouldnât match that of Bruce Iglauerâs. When he wanted to hear an album by his favorite Chicago blues act that didnât actually exist, he created an entire …
Read MoreLike pretty much all active touring and recording musicians during the past nearly 15 months, Charlie Starr found himself at home a lot more than usual. And also like a lot of musicians, the Blackberry Smoke vocalist used the forced quarantine as a tim…
Read MoreIn the late â60s and early â70s, Mercy Fontenot was anything but a shrinking violet. In her alter ego as âMiss Mercyâ â sporting distinctive raccoon eye makeup and dressed in layers of flowing gypsy clothes of lace, leopard prints, and feathers (usuall…
Read MoreItâs 8:30 a.m. in Houston when Lawrence Gowan calls from his home in Toronto, Canada, which is a decidedly un rock-and-roll time for an interview. And even more so when the singer/keyboardist for Styx says heâs been up since 6:30 a.m. EST, already comp…
Read MoreIf asked to name a well-known and successful Soul/R&B record label of the â60s and â70s, most people would blurt out âMotown,â while others might go grittier with âStax.â But itâs the third leg of that sonic stoolâPhiladelphia Internationalâthat of…
Read MoreWhen itâs time to place a call to Texas singer/songwriter/guitarist Dub Miller at the appointed interview time, a recording says that the number is unavailable. He quickly calls back about 30 seconds later, but wonders aloud if others calling him get t…
Read MoreItâs the day after the announcement of Performer inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Class of 2021. And per usual, social media is lit up with fansâ very, very strong opinions of who got in that should have, or got in that shouldnât have, or …
Read MoreTragedy Plus Time: National Trauma and Television Comedy By Philip Scepanski 280 pp. $50 University of Texas Press On September 29, 2001, just a little over two weeks after the terrorist attack on 9/11, the New York Friars Club and Comedy Central went …
Read MoreAs vinyl continues its unlikely resurgence for a music media format, audiophiles are drooling over their turntables (though likely quick to wipe it off) at the hundreds of albums â many out of print for decades â being reissued. And not just like they …
Read MoreIt was a couple of years ago when Maria Muldaur was shopping for clothes at a favorite store when she heard âthe most beautiful vintage jazzâ of the â20s and â30s playing over the speakers. And though she couldnât peg the artist, the interest of the wo…
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