Jo: The Singular, Special Yuletide Gift
An appreciation of JO STAFFORD's holiday magnificence--the gift that keeps on giving.
Tag: Billie Holiday
Country, Western & Madeleine
CONNIE SMITH, HILARY GARDNER and MADELEINE PEYROUX make beautiful music.
Strictly Coolsville
A trio of brilliant holiday albums bearing title variations of WONDERLAND rank with the essential anthologies of seasonal…
‘It’s Time to Shine’: An Interview With Ivy Ford
IVY FORD, riding a wave of acclaim for her 2020 album Club 27 (a Deep Roots Album of…
‘The Cry of Anguished Protest, The First of Many Wrought From Me’
From The Bluegrass Special archives: an updated feature on the enigma that was the late BEVERLY KENNEY: Her…
In the Still of the Night
Reflective, ruminative, serene, spiritual, moving and soothing--three new albums are right on time for our times.
Sing to Me, Sing to Me…
Having made so many memorable statements in her career, 84-year-old ANNIE ROSS delivers one of her finest on…
Field Notes from a Music Biz Life (Part 1)
'No Brill Building, no me.' So begins Chapter 1 of MICHAEL SIGMAN's autobiography, FIELD NOTES FROM A MUSIC…
Turning 65 with ‘Crazy’
As his 65th birthday looms, contributing editor MICHAEL SIGMAN reflects on a classic song his father, CARL SIGMAN,…