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Author: Bryson Strauss

Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #44 March-April 2003

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion / Mike Stinson – McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Santa Monica, CA)

By Bryson Strauss

A surfeit of sheet music, stringed instruments, and exotic percussion toys crowd the walls of the acoustic listening room at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, where Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion took the stage on a Saturday night. Located on a quiet section of Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, McCabe’s offers a calming musical respite from [...]

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A Place to be - About a Place from Issue #37 Jan-Feb 2002

Cowboy couture

By Bryson Strauss

A composite of reality and fable, the cowboy represents many aspects of the American national character. He is a rugged individualist with a strong sense of values and an insatiable quest for adventure. He’s hard-working, smart and kind, but doesn’t take crap from anybody. These ideals are echoed in various forms of western expression, from [...]

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Enter to win a signed copy of 'Steve Earle: The Warner Bros. Years' box set
Ever since his 1986 debut (and, in some ways, even before that), Steve Earle has been one of the most prolific and distinctive singer-songwriters on the Amerciana/alt/country/rock scene. His 15 studio albums have encompassed political protest music, bluegrass, rock and roll, Townes Van Zandt covers, and just flat-out, darn-good genre-defying music. His work […]
Guy Clark's "My Favorite Picture of You" is touching and topical
By Ken Paulson Like Kris Kristofferson’s recent Feeling Mortal, Guy Clark’s My Favorite Picture of You reflects the years. On the new album, due July 23 on Dualtone, Clark’s voice is softer and weathered. But if time has taken a physical toll, it’s made the music matter more. This… […]
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Wembley Stadium (London, UK. June 15th 2013)
I hate large stadium arenas but I adore Bruce Springsteen. I’m with the purists who argue that shows in such venues are much less satisfying than in smaller, intimate venues but, but, but….Springsteen is one of those artists who make a large venue seem small. For him it’s all about the music and the energy of the performance – no laser beams, no pyrotechnics […]
When politics met Americana in 1976
One of the pleasures of being of a certain age is that you can literally rack up decades of seeing great musicians and attending gigs of all shapes and sizes. A recent BBC documentary about The Eagles jarred my memory about one such event in (gulp) 1976. I was a Brit newbie in America and was taken to a political fund raiser for then (and now) California Go […]
Father's Day: Songs About Dad
This is the weekend where we examine the impact great fathers have made upon history. From the Bible, where the landscape is littered with the actions of fathers. Who could forget the long walk Abraham and his son took in Genesis? Adam, the first father, raised a fine bunch of stand-up children. And what about the Big Father himself -- Jesus' daddy […]
Album Review: The Human Experience ft. Rising Appalachia - Soul Visions
The Human Experience, an artist I’ve come to know much about recently, will be releasing a new album on Monday, featuring sisters Leah and Chloe Smith of Rising Appalachia. The album is called Soul Visions, and, upon listening, truly resonates as the vision of three creative souls collaborating to produce something highly elevated. David Block, the mind behi […]