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Merle Haggard

Christian Parker: American Cosmic Revival Vol. 2: Miles From Nowhere

by Doug Collette
August 21, 2026

Cover bands abound within contemporary music circles, both on stage and in the studio. But a chosen artist's interpretation of the songs and music of another rarely matches (and never exceeds) the authenticity of spirit displayed by Christian Parker and those kindred spirits with whom he has been collaborating in recent years on the esteemed canon of ...

Iris DeMent at The Freight

by Harry S. Pariser
July 12, 2026

Iris DeMent The Freight Berkeley, California June 27, 2026 Singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist Iris DeMent returned to The Freight in Berkeley, California to hold forth on a Saturday evening. Iris Luella DeMent is famous for songs that touch on political and social issues as well as the romantic. She definitely ...

Andrea Longato: Thinking Heart

by Dan McClenaghan
February 6, 2025

First impressions of music--putting streaming aside--can come at you from the cover art. Guitarist Andrea Longato's debut release, Thinking Heart features a pair of rhinoceros standing side-by-side, mirror images inside a plain wash of olive green. Who would create cover art like that? And why? But the why does not matter. The image is ...

Dickey Betts: Another Man Done Gone

by Doug Collette
April 21, 2024

Although Forrest Richard 'Dickey' Betts did not share the surname of the Allman Brothers Band to which he contributed so significantly, in terms of success both creatively and commercially, he was arguably as responsible for the seminal blues rockers' legacy as the two namesakes of the group, Duane and Gregg. And it does not ...

Hasaan Ibn Ali: Reaching For The Stars: Solos/Duos/Trios

by Doug Collette
November 17, 2023

Since its inception in 2010, Omnivore Recordings has applied a most stringent set of standards to its archival efforts devoted to the disparate likes of Merle Haggard, Maynard Ferguson and the Posies (and no less so in the occasional preparation and release of new content such as Americana master Peter Case). The label has ...

Iris DeMent at the Freight and Salvage

by Harry S. Pariser
May 6, 2023

Iris DeMent Freight and Salvage Berkeley, CA April 27, 2023 Iris Luella DeMent stands apart amidst the field of singer-songwriters who incorporate gospel, folk and country into their repertoire. As her website says she has “an acclaimed ability to create nuance out of everyday pain and triumph." DeMent, 62, was ...

Lyceum Theatre, London, England - 5/26/72

by Doug Collette
August 27, 2022

The final night of any given tour can find the musicians excited at the prospects of jobs well-done throughout the prior road work or exhausted and lethargic from their previous labors. Fifty years ago, when the Grateful Dead's Europe '72 (Warner Bros., 1972) was released, the third LP of the set (conceived as such in part ...

Grateful Dead: Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)

by Doug Collette
July 24, 2021

Grateful Dead, the second album of concert recordings released by the iconic band for Warner Brothers Records, resides squarely in the sweet spot between the expansive likes of its corollary, Live Dead (Warner Bros., 1969) and the economical studio recordings this group issued in between, Workingman's Dead (Warner Bros., 1970) and American Beauty (Warner Bros., 1970). ...

Living for a Song: Country Singers and Songwriters on BGO

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 14, 2019

In “Living for a Song," Hank Cochran, one of the most prominent and prolific songsmiths in country music, writes: “I have slept on life's highway / Muddy tears staining my face / A rhyme or two was a big payday / Living for a song." These lines get to the very essence of country music. Country ...