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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 the peace, its unhurried, lighthearted Americana so warm and inviting, Everywhere You’ve Been bea...

Music Reviews: Maria Muldaur, West of Texas, Alex Chilton, Mott the Hoople, and More Sign In Jeff Burger, BLOGCRITICS.ORG FacebookTwitterEmail with Tuba Skinny, Let's 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 Grisman, then sang and played violin in the influential Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band alongside Geoff Muld...

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! We're 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. Menconi’s new book Step It Up & Go: the Story of North Carolina Popular Music, from Blind Boy Fulle...

... Songwriter Brad Cook once told journalist David Menconi that "The older I get, the more I think that we didn't 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 Messenger, one of the national breakouts from Durham and a current Grammy nominee, is quoted in a ne...

The making of Wilco's "Summerteeth" The making of Wilco's "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 Wilco's "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 point for the band. The first album from the group to sell in excess of 200,000 copies, Summerteeth...