So I looked at Facebook the other day and saw that a video I had posted three years ago was showing up in my feed. It was from the start…
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Why is it that some bands gel and others just don’t? It’s not just a matter of musicianship. You can put well-trained musicians together, give them some sheet music or…
On February 26, the Buffalo music community lost a great and talented friend when Joe Head succumbed to a brief battle with cancer at the age of 71. This month’s…
Welcome to my ongoing series entitled “What the Heck is Americana, Anyway?” This month I’d like to turn the spotlight toward the lasting effects of the 1960s British Invasion on…
I am just starting to write this column on the first day of 2023. Just before I wrote that sentence, I was looking at a blank white page. I stared…
Last month I had the pleasure of chatting with Greg Hennessey for his “In the Flamingo Lounge” podcast. (See Elmer Ploetz’s piece on Greg’s podcast in this issue.) During the…
When I was growing up, I had the great good fortune to live directly across the street from a small branch of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library system….
On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Steam Donkeys held a CD release party for our new record entitled EARTHLINGS, at the Cave. We had a really good turnout—especially since we only…
Fifty-five years ago this summer the city of San Francisco experienced an influx of an estimated 100,000 young people to its Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. Given the fact that I was only…
In this dream, you are unspeakably tired, walking at twilight alone along a dirt road leading toward a distant mountain range. Against the deepening purple sky, a few high, billowy…