Nick Lowe

WHEN blues singer Blind Alfred Reed wrote the song How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live it was 1929 and the height (or depth) of the Great Depression. Read More

"I'd listen to that and I'd think, goddamn, that must have been some shit," Cooder says. Read More

My dad's mum and dad were coal-miners; they had a piano, and loved music like Fats Waller. Read More

Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump writes most of the music for his platinum-plus Chicago rock band, but he's also a closet R&B/soul fan who has produced tracks for fellow Windy City rapper Lupe Fiasco, and is a longtime fan of Daryl Hall's music, which makes him the perfect guest for the 25th and latest installment of Live From Daryl's House, available starting Nov. 15 at www.lfdh.com. "As a musician, I can't fathom a show more fun to play than Live From Daryl's House," says Stump about his experience playing with Daryl and his band, including T-Bone Wolk, on the web series. Read More

Mark Schultz (submitted photo above) and Point of Grace are playing at Duluth Denfeld at 7 p.m. Read More

From its humble beginnings as an open mic and bluegrass jam space crammed in the corner of an art gallery, the Narrows Center for the Arts has evolved into a Mecca for fans of folk, blues, jazz and rock. Read More

From its humble beginnings as an open mic and bluegrass jam space crammed in the corner of an art gallery, the Narrows Center for the Arts has evolved into a Mecca for fans of folk, blues, jazz and rock. Read More

People who have been following Richard Thompson faithfully for the past 20 or 30 years have seen their share of stories about what an underrated, overlooked dark horse he is, often with headlines like "The Greatest Guitar Player You've Never Heard Of." We're even a little tired of reading it. Read More

Given his embarrassment of strong material, and the fact that he played, with two or three exceptions, the same 20 songs as on his '07 visit, it was all the more disappointing that Lowe spent a mere 70 minutes on stage. Read More

He was just stopping by to pay a social call, Nick Lowe casually informed a sold-out crowd at Manhattan's City Winery Tuesday night. Read More