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Ho damn ho!
- Features
- December 15, 2014
These new collections of Christmas songs won’t have you saying “bah humbug”.
Bobby Keys- The Greatest, RIP
- Features
- December 2, 2014
To say Bobby Keys was the greatest rock ‘n’ roll sax player is to damn him with faint praise.
Johnny Winter
- Features
- July 18, 2014
Johnny Winter has passed. But his blues will never leave us. James Mann recalls the Texas guitarist.
Lou Reed
- Features
- October 27, 2013
Lou Reed, RIP.
Lou Reed
- Features
- October 27, 2013
Lou Reed, RIP.
JJ Cale 1938-2013
- Features
- July 29, 2013
The songwriting community has lost a hidden icon. David Whited shows us the man behind the curtain.
Moniker Guitars
- Features
- June 21, 2013
Guitars have become quite affordable lately… and supremely boring. Ian Koss discovers a new alternative.

Slim Whitman (1923-2013)
- Features
- June 20, 2013
With Slim gone, we are defenseless against Mars. Charles DJ Deppner details all the other things we’ll miss.
45 Grave: June 2013
- Features
- June 19, 2013
Matthew Moyer unveils the secrets of this month’s 45 Grave.
George Jones (1931-2013)
- Features
- April 27, 2013
The greatest country singer of all, George Jones has died. James Mann says thank you.
Wanee Festival 2013
- Features
- March 29, 2013
Fast becoming one of the most popular festivals in the country, Wanee Music Festival once again brings a delightful mix of top-shelf talent to the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida, Thursday, April 18 through Saturday, April 20.
“Chicago” Bob Nelson, 1944-2013
- Features
- January 21, 2013
Chicago Bob Nelson passed away on January 18. James Mann recalls this legendary bluesman.
45 Grave: November 2012
- Features
- December 10, 2012
45 Grave is a monthly column dedicated to a physical music medium that is way too fun to go quietly into digital limbo, no matter how long its author suffers from a turkey coma.
45 Grave: October 2012
- Features
- October 23, 2012
45 Grave is a monthly column dedicated to a physical music medium that is way too fun to go quietly into digital limbo, no matter how eagerly cloud zombies want to fashion the coffin.

Joe South, 1940-2012
- Features
- September 6, 2012
Legendary southern songwriter Joe South died Wednesday of heart failure. James Mann asks Dan Baird to recall “Hush.”
Ray Bradbury
- Features
- August 17, 2012
American writer Ray Bradbury leaves Earth a significant legacy as one of the most influential writers of the latter 20th century. Matt Parish recollects the man and his work, and his personal interactions with Bradbury.
Doc Watson, 1923-2012
- Features
- May 31, 2012
The world mourns the loss of a true musical master, Doc Watson.
Adam “MCA” Yauch: Old school memories and subsequent graduations
- Features
- May 15, 2012
Jared Campbell, in pressed button-up shirt and Ganesha tie, declares gratitude for MCA and the rest of the Beastie Boys.
Brevard Busking Coalition
- Features
- May 4, 2012
David Johansson peers into the donkey-cart abyss that is Brevard Busking Coalition, and comes out mostly unscathed.
Go In Peace, Levon
- Features
- April 20, 2012
James Mann remembers Levon Helm.

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