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True love is found in the utterly charming “You’re the One for Me,” which shows up on Everywhere You’ve Been with a bouquet of flowers in hand. Flush with all the giddy innocence of new romance, the song is a soft, slow goodnight kiss of sparkling roots-pop, drawn closer by sly hooks and pulling away with a sweet smile. Its intentions are pure, as are those of Steve Almaas on this, his easygoing, exceedingly likeable sixth solo album. Unlikely to be issued any citations for disturbing ...

Music Reviews: Maria Muldaur, West of Texas, Alex Chilton, Mott the Hoople, and More Sign In Jeff Burger, BLOGCRITICS.ORG FacebookTwitterEmail with Tuba Skinny, Lets Get Happy Together. Maria Muldaur enjoyed a brief flirtation with the pop world with "Midnight at the Oasis," a Top 10 hit in 1974, but the bulk of her six-decade career has found her immersed in folk, jazz, and blues. She performed in the Even Dozen Jug Band in the early 60s with John Sebastian, Stefan Grossman, and David Grism...

From Combo Corner to the World: the Diaspora of the Winston-Salem Sound Community Event Thursday, April 29, 2021 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm MUSE Winston-Salem is launching the new, monthly Arts and Performance Programming Series and this will be the perfect kick-off! Were partnering with the Ramkat to bring you a fun musical program about Winston-Salem and North Carolina music. Our panelists are author David Menconi and two legendary Winston-Salem musicians: Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple. Me...

... Songwriter Brad Cook once told journalist David Menconi that "The older I get, the more I think that we didnt choose North Carolina, it chose us." Brad and his brother Phil moved from Wisconsin, formed the power folk band Megafaun in Durham, joined Hiss Golden Messenger and generally helped build a vibrant contemporary scene. Brad called the move and the community “the greatest thing that ever happened to us." Mike “M.C.” Taylor, the singer-songwriter mastermind behind Hiss Golden M...

The making of Wilcos "Summerteeth" The making of Wilcos "Summerteeth": Looking to the past pointed the way to the future, explains bassist John Stirratt. Author: Feb 8, 2021 WILCO: (L-R) John Stirratt, Ken Coomer, Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett. Photo by Ken Weingart/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. The making of Wilcos "Summerteeth": Looking to the past pointed the way to the future, explains bassist John Stirratt. Released in 1999 Wilco’s third album, Summerteeth, represented a turning poi...

Mambo-X come back to rock some more FacebookTwitterEmail 2of8 Mambo-x Promo later L-R: David Pollack, Dennis Blaine, Erin OHara, Seth Kaufman, Mitch RosenProvidedShow MoreShow Less 3of8 5of8 6of8 8of8 There’s that old saw that time heals all wounds. And that’s true, sure. But sometimes it takes a little bit more prodding than just that. Such is the case of Mambo-X. In the mid-1980s, the band was one of the biggest in the local music scene and on the verge of a record deal before abruptly ca...

Rock n read is a thing -- especially thanks to best-selling memoirs in recent years from Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith and others. The fourth-quarter of 2020 has been no different, with lavish, coffee table-sized photo books added to the usual mix of biographies, treatises, histories and other printed matter. And with no concerts at the moment, theres theoretically plenty of time to read em. As the year rolls to a close, then, heres a look at some of the most notable...