Wire from the Bunker: Meet Rick Danko
Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, and Rick Danko, the Band – originally known as the Hawks when they backed Bob on his electric blaspheme of...
Wire from the Bunker: RIP Bob Neuwirth
I was so saddened to learn of the passing of the great Bob Neuwirth yesterday. I wrote a long piece about him for Phawker a couple years...
Wire from the Bunker: RIP Tom T. Hall
Tom T. was a giant. In his own unique way worthy of inclusion on the Hillbilly Rushmore alongside the Man in Black, Hank, Hag...
Wire from the Bunker: Peter Case
My contempt for radio – particularly the local variety – has been well-documented in these pages.
Wire from the Bunker: Tony Rice
Rice was long acknowledged as one of the greatest ever, both as a picker and as a vocalist. But outside that rarified jurisdiction...
Wire from the Bunker: Meet Billie Joe Shaver
Shaver sure led a colorful life: Raised by his grandmother, as a child, he walked 10 miles barefoot to see Hank Williams Sr. who awarded...
Labelled with Love: Shannon McGill sings John Train
It is always our great pleasure when Shannon McGill joins John Train for a gig during our annual residencies at Fergie’s Pub.
WIRE FROM THE BUNKER: Meet Susan Werner
Susan Werner is a helluva songwriter. Just ask octogenarian British heartthrob Tom Jones or Canadian folk giant Garner Rogers...
WIRE FROM THE BUNKER: Meet the New Dylans
Bruce Springsteen is certainly the most famous artist to have been saddled with the "New Dylan" tag at the beginning of his career...
WIRE FROM THE BUNKER: Meet Sandy Denny
his week's Wire concerns the First Lady of British Folk, the late Sandy Denny. At the outset of this series of Wires, I promised to focus...
