Artist spotlight: Amy Black, country singer-songwriter
A ministers daughter with storytelling and Southern tradition in her blood, Amy Blacks songs have begun to cement her as part of the next generation of Americana artists.According to the Americana...
View ArticleThe Farr Side: Amy Grant is a gift
GateHouse News ServiceWhether you discovered Amy?Grants music from the beginning or found her somewhere down the road of her 30-plus years in the music business, you know one thing to be true: Shes a...
View ArticleQ&A: Weird Al Yankovic on being strange on stage
If you know anything at all about the work of Weird Al Yankovic from early songs like Eat It right up through his most recent collection, the top 10 album Alpocalypse you know there are only...
View ArticlePeter Chianca: What did Ella Fitzgerald do to deserve Rod Stewart?
Followers of this column may recall that I am used to receiving emails from famous people for instance, there was the time that Joan Collins sent me three identical emails about her new jewelry line....
View ArticleThe Farr Side: A new, effective direction for Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is everywhere. I mean, shes like a well-oiled publicity machine out of control. Like, totally.With the massively anticipated new album, Red, we are like never ever getting rid of her ...
View ArticleThe Farr Side: A Swift ascent
Move over, Madonna and Dionne Warrick. Taylor Swift has her eyes focused on the Queen of Soul now.Swifts latest slew of hits has dominated the Billboard Hot 100, tying her for second place with...
View ArticleMusic: Amanda Palmers chaos theory
It would be wrong to say you never know what youre going to get when you go to an Amanda Palmer concert. Truth is that youre gonna get all kinds of things. Youll just never know when theyll come...
View ArticleAlbum review: Susan McKeown, Belong
Susan McKeown, Belong (Hibernian Music)Stunning is probably one of the most overused words going, but Im struggling for another one to describe the voice of Susan McKeown. Tremulous and rich, her...
View ArticleAlbum review: Frank Turner, Last Minutes and Lost Evenings
Frank Turner, Last Minutes and Lost Evenings (Epitaph)Having released his first full-length solo album just five years ago, it may seem a little soon for a Frank Turner best-of compilation. But as...
View ArticleAlbum review: Sean Hayes, Before We Turn To Dust
Sean Hayes, Before We Turn To Dust (Sean Hayes Music)If the Black Keys are the current blues practioners who sound like they would roll you for your change in the alley behind the bar, Sean Hayes is...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Recent and recommended for November
Martha Redbone Roots Project, The Garden of Love (Blackfeet Productions)You probably think you know whether or not youre the type whod appreciate a whole album of William Blake poems set to...
View ArticleStay Tuned: Buying and selling history on Pawn Stars
When I think about pawn shops, I imagine them as places where people who are down on their luck go to sell a precious object out of desperation. Or maybe the deals are less a sacrifice and more a shady...
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