NEAL CASAL ON CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD, PLAYING JERRY GARCIA’S ‘WOLF’ & BEING A GOOD LIEUTENANT
Guitarist-photographer Neal Casal is one of a handful of musicians who can lay a legitimate claim to having played one of the late Jerry Garcia’s treasured guitars in the decades since Garcia’s 1995 d...
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RYAN ADAMS IS HIMSELF ON SELF-TITLED ALBUM – FOR BETTER OR WORSE
By Emily Votaw Ryan Adams has finally put out a self-titled record, which, from a fan’s perspective, seems like nothing but a beam of hope. After years of incredibly prolific releases – some hit, som...
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KING RADIO DEBUTS NEW LINEUP AT IMPRESSIVE ROCKWOOD SHOW
IMG_8505 By Michael Lello Photos by Robin Palmer NEW YORK – King Radio had a few things to prove last Friday night. Performing to a packe...
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MY BACK PAGES: ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY
My Back Pages is a series that explores our relationships with the music we grew up with. Alternative country is the subject of this installment. “Lone Star belt buckles and old faded Levi’s …” has b...
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NEW RYAN ADAMS ALBUM SET FOF OCTOBER
It turns out that the retirement from the music business that the prolific Ryan Adams announced in 2009 has ended up being just a hiatus, with a sold-out tour of Europe and a surprise opening set for ...
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