I’m delighted to be working with my good friend Sandy at his site Evinyl.  Sandy and I have been friends since the Rhody days back in the early ‘80’s.  It was also a pleasure meeting Kevin, John and V...

Record Store Day is fast becoming one of my favorite days of the year.  It's really hard to beat. Labels release tons of new material, much of it published for the first time in any form. I've learned...

JD McPherson's new Christmas album, Socks, is the funnest Christmas album I've ever heard.  The songs are all originals.  JD made a conscious effort to avoid Christmas cliches. So there's no jingle be...

Kobo Town is yet another awesome world music band from this year's (aptly named) Blissfest.  I'm really don't know how to describe their unique sound, other than to just to call it an infectious, some...

I really have nothing to add about the amazing Aretha Franklin that hasn't been said by others. Here is a video to her performing one of my all-time favorite songs The Weight with one of my all time ...

I first saw the Cajun band La Bande Feufollet on Friday, July 12 2002 at approximately 9:00 PM on the main stage at the aptly named Blissfest Music Festival (I have the program in front of me). They w...

The Dustbowl Revival – The Dustbowl Revival Dustbowl was a highlight from last summer's Blissfest Festival.  But the album didn’t make it to my turntable until after seeing them again a couple of wee...

Songs That Have Made Me Cry (or at least well up a little bit)   I’m admittedly a pretty emotional guy.  I’ve been known to cry at movies.  And yes, there are songs that have moved me too.  Not like...