Photo by Jay Blakesberg/Retna LTD. Well, Jerry, you would have been 80 today. I can’t put into words the feeling of wishing you were still alive. I think all I can do is wish. I wish you were still here, playing music for the hippies, the deadbeats, the outcasts, the lonely. I wish you were … Continue reading An Open Letter to Jerry Garcia
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5 Best Barbershop Quartet Performances
An often over-looked genre of music is "Barbershop." Consisting of four singers, this mostly acapella music is modernly utilized as a way to show just how great an arrangement can be. Composers and arrangers try their hand at arranging songs across all genres, mostly country, folk, and pop. Give a listen to five of my … Continue reading 5 Best Barbershop Quartet Performances
Mountain Weekend: Folk Meets Country in Middleboro, MA
New England boasts some iconic imagery. The mountains of New Hampshire, the historic Boston, Massachusetts, and the beaches of Newport, Rhode Island are a few examples of the great things this region has to offer. Something about owning a log cabin in Northern NH is a dream in the eyes of suburban Bostonians. One step … Continue reading Mountain Weekend: Folk Meets Country in Middleboro, MA
Top 4 Concert Films to See Before you Die
Music has a way of permeating every bit of media that it comes across. The concert film allows film-goers to view these bands on the big screen, and pay one tenth the price of a concert ticket. Here are 5 concert films to see before you die. The Last Waltz by The Band It doesn’t … Continue reading Top 4 Concert Films to See Before you Die
Klaatu: The Band Everyone Thought was The Beatles
Being that recently was the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ final concert together, one can remember the controversy of the 70s. Who is Klaatu? Are they The Beatles? Why the name Klaatu? What type of prog nonsense have The Beatles gotten themselves into? In 1976, an album surfaced by a band named Klaatu. The album, … Continue reading Klaatu: The Band Everyone Thought was The Beatles


