Tom Russell

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea. Read More

Bruce Springsteen, "Working on a Dream" – As he said in a Rolling Stone interview, Springsteen can be justifiably proud of his last three original albums, and this one might be the most consistent. Read More

I don't like those lists because a) they invariably leave off almost all of the artists that I like, 2) they operate according to some inscrutable private criteria of listmakers who want to seem "hip" and "with it," and iii) they are almost always genre limited to ten or twenty-five (as if there's something magic about ten or twenty-five) "pop" music recordings. Read More

There are dozens of Christmas concerts around here, from the annual visits by rock's Trans-Siberian Orchestra to numerous church, school and community concerts. Read More

It's not surprising that the Grammy-nominated Dalton, who performs Saturday night at the Monterey Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival, is seeking to blur the barbed wire boundaries of Western music. Read More

Cliff Eberhardt says working with producer Billy Crockett on his fall release, "500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions," was a little like going to psychotherapy. Read More

Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines at Urban Campfires (Lions Field Activity Center, 2809 Broadway, 7 p.m.) In what appears to be a first for a local house concert, the Saturday edition of Urban Campfires with Hendrix and Maines sold out quickly, so a Friday show was added. Read More

When Gurf Morlix won the Instrumentalist of the Year title at the Americana Music Awards in Nashville in September, he was almost the last to know. Read More