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...
WIRE FROM THE BUNKER: Meet Go To Blazes
his week's Wire is dedicated to the memory of Bruce Langfeld, musical associate and friend of our subject, Go To Blazes.
John Train: "Where Were We (for John Prine)"
I first encountered Prine via my father's record collection (which is how I discovered the majority of music that still means the most to me
WIRE FROM THE BUNKER: Meet Howard Tate
This week’s Wire concerns Philadelphia’s own late great R&B legend, Howard Tate.
WIRE FROM THE BUNKER: Meet David Allan Coe
Equally reviled and revered, the reputation of C&W bad boy David Allan Coe precedes the man by a country mile: ex-con, polygamist...
WIRE FROM THE BUNKER: Meet Bob Neuwirth
figured I'd shoot a few Wires from the Bunker out to you, my loyal and multitudinous Phawker readers. We're hunkered down here...
