Michael Streissguth on Johnny Cash: Michael Streissguth is the author of “Johnny Cash: The Biography,” “Johnny Cash at Folsom...
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Brenda Lee was born Brenda Mae Tarpley in Atlanta in 1944. Lee was a bigger star than most people would guess today: She was the top selling female singer of...
Samuel Charters, a very important historian of the blues, died March 11. He was 85 years old. This is from his profile at Wikipedia: Charters had for years...
Son Seals is the real deal. He was born in Osceola, Arkansas, where his dad owned a juke joint called The Dipsy Doodle Club. According to Wikipedia, Seals got...
Catfish and the Bottlemen is a Welch indie band that has gotten some air play and is gaining popularity worldwide. The song and video above is just great...
“Dueling Banjos” was at the top of the country charts on this day in 1973. The song, which was written by Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith...
Roxy Music was an influential English band formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry and Graham Simpson. Wikipedia positions their importance as a mix of glam, early punk...
Lucy Kaplansky was a successful, rising young singer/songwriter in Chicago and New York City, but decided to go in a different direction. She continued...
Catching Up with Matt Panayides: In June, I spoke with Jazz guitarist Matt Panayides. It was a few days before his Kickstarter crowd funding campaign ended...
On Friday, TDMB posted a blog about Pablo Casals. It led off with a quote in which he said that the life of one child is worth more to him than all of his...
