That America is home to such a rich body of vernacular music has a lot to do with the size of the country and its cultural diversity. In the first half of the 20th century in particular–and to some extent even in recent years–regional styles and traditions have developed, sometimes in near isolation, and other [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Buffalo’s Best: Willie Nile
Posted in Buffalo, Music on October 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The James Talley Post
Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If you were in New York this past summer, and happened to be out with me at the Magician on the Lower East Side one warm evening, then you heard this already. But if you were not or did not happen to be, allow me to introduce, then, four dearest companions of mine, whose acquaintance [...]
The Devil In Bentonia
Posted in Uncategorized on October 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve seen the movie Ghost World–or if you read the inaugural post of my previous blog, Idiom Idiots–then you’re at most one degree of separation away from Skip James’s haunting blues masterpiece “Devil Got My Woman.” Seymour, the movie’s awkward country blues-loving protagonist, extols the record, telling his own devil woman, Enid: “…that’s a [...]
A Tribute to Muddy Waters
Posted in Music on October 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Read my inaugural column for Another Place Another Time, a roots music feature for Delusions of Adequacy, here.
