Author: j. poet

adblock Experimental Folk Rock 

Peter Stampfel’s 20th Century: 100 Years of Popular Music, Renewed and Reinvented 

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments Big Star, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Chumbawamba, Crowded House, Holy Modal Rounders, Peter Stampfel, Peter Stampfel's 20th Century, The Beatles, The Spice Girls

An exclusive chat with the American folk legend about his ambitious salute to pop’s first hundred years

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Folk Noise Rock 

Bob Hillman: Making Noise With Ghosts

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Bob Hillman, Bob Hillman & Spooky Ghost, Gerry Leonard, Inside and Terrified, San Francisco, Suzanne Vega

He may be Inside and Terrified, but he remains one of San Francisco’s most prolific songwriters

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Uncategorized 

Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche: Sad Songs for a Sad Time

December 25, 2020December 25, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, I Can Still Hear You, Loudon Wainwright III, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Story Sound Records, Suzzy Roche, The Roches

For their third collaboration, I Can Still Hear You, the acclaimed mother-daughter combo explores the reality of life in 2020.

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Indie Rock Punk 

Professor and The Madman: Honoring the Roots of Punk Rock, Part 2

December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Alfie Agnew, Crash Kills Four, D.I., Eddie and the Hot Rods, Mind Over Four, Paul Gray, Rat Scabies, Sean Elliott, Séance, The Adolescents, The Damned, The Professor and the Madman, U.F.O.

The conclusion of our interview with Alfie Agnew

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Uncategorized 

Professor and The Madman: Honoring the Roots of Punk Rock, Part 1

December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Alfie Agnew, Crash Kills Four, D.I., Eddie and the Hot Rods, Fullertone Records, Mind Over Four, Paul Gray, Rat Scabies, Sean Elliott, Séance, The Adolescents, The Damned, The Professor and the Madman, U.F.O.

A look into the anatomy of an international supergroup

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Folk Indie Rock 

Dust Bowl Faeries: Soulful Music Born in the Days of the Pandemic

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 j. poet 1 Comment Dust Bowl Faeries, Hudson Valley, Ryder Cooley, The Plague Garden, Upstate NY

The otherworldly Hudson Valley group won’t let a plague break their stride

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North Americana 

Malin Pettersen: Americana from the Land of the Midnight Sun

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Aaron Goodrich, George Jones, Malin Pettersen, Misa Arriaga, Nashville, Norway, Ryan Keith, Wildhorse

The Norwegian singer and songwriter traveled to Nashville to capture the spirit of George Jones and Billy Sherrill on her new album, Wildhorse

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Blues North Americana Rock 

Dane Clark: Uplifting Songs for Trying Times

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Carlene Carter, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dane Clark, Dane Clark and the Backroom Boys, Jimmy Cliff, John Hiatt, John Mellencamp, John Sebastian, pandemic, Songs of Isolation

The longtime Mellencamp bandmate and his Backroom Boys deliver twelve songs written to inspire and amuse us during these unusual times

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North Americana 

Gurf Morlix: Love in the Time of COVID

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Americana, Austin, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gurf Morlix, Kiss of the Diamondback, Lucinda Williams, Quarantine

Talking music and quarantine with Lucinda Williams’ onetime guitar guru

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Bluegrass North Americana 

The Dillards: Bluegrass for Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday

September 15, 2020September 16, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Bernie Leadon, Bluegrass, Cheryl White, Don Henley, Doug Dillard, Gary Smith, George Giddens, Herb Pedersen, Old Road New Again, Ricky Skaggs, Rodney Dillard, Sharon White, The Dillards, The Eagles, Tony Wray, Wheatstraw Suite. Andy Griffith

An exclusive chat with Rodney Dillard about maintaining an American legacy

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Blues 

Bobby Rush: Back to the Raw Roots of The Blues

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Black Lives Matter, Bobby Rush, Chitlin Circuit, Howin’ Wolf, Mississippi, Muddy Waters, Rawer Than Raw, Skip James

At 86, the blues great pays homage to the Mississippi masters who guide his path

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Country and/or Western 

ALBUMS: Colter Wall Makes Cowboy Music From Canada

September 2, 2020September 3, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Canada, Colter Wall, Country Music, Marty Robbins, Patrick Lyons, Western Swing, Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs, Woody Guthrie

It’s all holstein sofas, wagon wheel chandeliers and Louis L’Amour novels on Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs

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Post-Punk Rock 

Oozelles: Post-Apocalyptic Rockers from Los Angeles 

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments CAN, Cramps, Dante White Aliano, David Orlando, Gang of Four, Gregory Marino, Jada Wagensomer, Los Lobos, Oozelles, Phillipp Minnig, Samuel Banuelos, Steely Dan, Sun Ra, The Birthday Party, The Clash, The Gun Club

A quirky, cryptic and compelling chat with lead Oozer Dante White Aliano

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Electronic jazz Soul 

Good Co: Seattle’s Finest Party Band Keeps Swingin’ While Sheltered

July 30, 2020August 3, 2020 j. poet 1 Comment Duke Ellington, Electro-Swing, Good Co, Quarantine, Seattle

America’s best Electro-Swing band keeps expanding its musical horizons on fourth album, So Pretty

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jazz Poetry 

Jaki Shelton Green: Poetry for the Pandemic

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina, Paul Venable, Poet Laureate, poetry, The River Speaks Of Thirst

North Carolina Poet Laureate’s first album, The River Speaks of Thirst, features poems that take on America’s historical crimes with truth, compassion and a hope for a better future 

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