Bobby Bare's story is nearly as fascinating as his music. Read More
Over the summer, I began to think that about expanding R.O.pre-K. to include reviews of children's music albums. Read More
At the turn of the millennium or so, when country music found its way back to the ramshackle cabin where some of its oldest roots in bluegrass had been kept for years, they found there'd been a light left on. Read More
The Underwater Land project recently supplied me with an MP3 download of their CD, "Underwater Land," created by the late, great and sorely missed Shel Silverstein. Read More
The Underwater Land project recently supplied me with an MP3 download of their CD, "Underwater Land," created by the late, great and sorely missed Shel Silverstein. Read More
Fall is getting chilly pretty fast, so heat things up this week with a busy calendar that includes: the debut of the Bricks Theatre with An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein and a production of Souvenir ; performances by the Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company and Gallagher; and, live music by Jolie Holland, Dinosaur Jr., Po' Girl, Imani Winds, and Rain Machine. Read More
"The Man in Black"-June Carter-a hardened look that spoke of rebellion-Sun Studios-Folsom Prison ...and on and on. Read More
Shel Silverstein was one of those rare "multi-threat" artists -- composer, singer, cartoonist, illustrator, author -- with ... Read the full Shel Silverstein bio.