Arts and Entertainment

From 2013 came this exercise in guitar pyrotechnics. My kind of guitar pyrotechnics:

Figured I'd rummage through my 'Best Songs Of The Year' lists to resurrect some great tunes. This one is from 2011:

I had to end this week saluting artists who I've booked at the Gild Hall with my favorite guests of all time.  Not only were the Holmes Brothers wonderful performers,…

Stanley Dural, aka 'Buckwheat Zydeco', was one of the nicest people to ever grace the Arden Gild Hall stage. During his first appearance back in 2005, he invited all the…

In March of 2009, Alejandro Escovedo brought his Acoustic Trio to the Gild Hall and put on a transcendent show. The band entered through the gates of 'Castle Adamant', which…

Some of my favorite shows showcase people who aren't well-known yet. I usually joke that our goal is to help them get to the point where we can no longer…

Saturday, June 7, 2008 was an ungodly sweltering evening. The weather killed walk-up sales for Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express, whose performance that night at the Arden Gild Hall…

I booked Bettye LaVette at the Arden Gild Hall back in 2005 when she made her comeback with 'I've Got My Own Hell To Raise'.  She's become one of the…

'Hey, El Som, how about doing a week of songs from artists you've booked at the Gild Hall?' Wh-why, what a great idea!  Think I'll start with vocalist supreme Cat…

I'm hip--to David Frishberg:

In case you haven't guessed by now, if there was only one genre of music that I could listen to for the rest of my life, it'd be the sweet…

I was out running errands yesterday, and XPN was playing a whole bunch of Joni Mitchell songs in a row.  I was afraid that she had passed away, and listened…

A soul adrenaline rush for Election Day. Can you believe that this song was the flip side? The A side was 'Bernadette', but still, this absolutely kicks ass. Hey, I…