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DAMN I love jump blues:

If you ever saw Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks in concert back in the day, you never forgot 'em. Check out this mash-up of a great song and...Buster Keaton?:

I love this band. I love them so much that I've booked them at the Arden Gild Hall for April 7. Voted Best Band at the Freshgrass Festival. Perhaps more…

Heard this song on XPN yesterday, really liked it.  At first, I thought it was Todd Rundgren, but it wasn't.  It was from another Philly-based legend, though.  For some reason,…

That pernicious Russian influence is everywhere. Even...the Song Of The Day?  From Russia with love for Elvis:

I know why Alby didn't like yesterday's selection.  He's not a fan of any sort of country/rock hybrid.  He's a fan of trad country. He's a purist. As in, "Son, there's…

Did I mention something yesterday about great country music coming out of west Texas?  If I could only choose one album to represent that spirit, it would be Joe Ely's…

One of the more unlikely concert pairings I ever saw. This guy opening for...Husker Du: Hey, they both were on Warner Brothers at the time..

Nathan Arizona closes out a great week: "The best band of the 1990s Brit-pop era and one of the best guitar-rock bands ever. The Gallagher brothers who led Oasis feuded…

Nathan Arizona Week, Day 5: "Some us will alvvays (CQ) love power-pop no matter when it comes out. This tune arrived in 2014 from a Canadian band that spells its…

Nathan Arizona Week: Day 4!! "Folk-rock for our time by one of a host of young guitarists who play in the tradition of Bert Jansch, Tim Hardin and John Martyn.…

Nathan Arizona Week. Day 2!: The only hit by a 1990s “alternative” band with hints of the '70s. In fact, pretty much the only New Radicals song anybody’s ever heard…

Nathan Arizona, Day One!: Crackling indie pop-rock from a rousing and rowdy Scottish band. NME named it the best song of 2006. A friend of mine and I spent part…