North Mississippi Allstars

North Mississippi Allstars formed in 1996; the product of a special time for modern Mississippi hill country blues. Brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson soaked up the music of their father, Memphis legend Jim Dickinson, and absorbed the North…

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A Completely Biased Review: Cactus Records

My first summer in Bozeman was spent in a little studio apartment on Main Street over a business that no longer exists, Montana Motor Supply. I used the bathroom down the hall because my apartment, and others, didn’t have their own. I…

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Head for the Hills

Head for the Hills has created a sound that is all at once organic, precise, timeless, and brand-new,” as reported by the Missoula Independent. The acclaimed Colorado quartet has been receiving nation-wide recognition in response to their…

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The Denmark Veseys

Some songwriters just strike down to the heart of things. Even when they’re being tender they nail you in the soul’s solar plexus, shaking us with words and wires and something inescapably human. Jerry Joseph is this kind of composer – a rocker…

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Gregory Rawlins: quite a musical trek

Interview by Joanne Gardner, music booker for Norris Hot Springs Gregory Rawlins sent an email to Norris not long ago. A friend of his — Laddie Ray Melvin — had played Norris last year and told the La Grange, Oregon based musician it was…

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