Best Live Shows 2014
Dec31

Best Live Shows 2014

Read our list of top twenty favourite live shows in 2014   If I thought choosing twenty album releases for the year was a challenge, reporting on the best live shows in 2014 has been extremely tough. My live music year in can be described as plentiful and remarkable.  Plentiful in the sense that I outdid past deeds in attending seven music festivals for the year which I estimate to equate to about twenty three full days of music...

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Day 3 Roots n Blues n BBQ  Columbia MO
Oct02

Day 3 Roots n Blues n BBQ Columbia MO

Read about our day 3 at Roots n Blues n BBQ festival Today’s schedule is a little shorter than yesterday, starting at 12.15  and closing by 8pm.  Some spare time in the morning at the hotel is very welcome. Our next attempt to get the free bus service to the festival site turns out even worse than the day before – an hour wait from noon at the bus stop, a ten minute journey until the driver informs us that he can only get...

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Outlaws and Earls – Day 5 in Nashville
Sep21

Outlaws and Earls – Day 5 in Nashville

Read about our day five at Americana Festival in Nashville The day I met dobro maestro Jerry Douglas. Today (Thursday 18 September) started with another walk through Music Row, past the recording studios and music business offices.  We came upon RCA Studio B where numerous hit recordings were made by Elvis Presley and many others.   Our destination this morning is the Soulshine Pizza Factory where Canadian indie label Six Shooter...

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