Americana: is it a musical genre or a collective of musicians? How has roots music influenced our country’s politics and culture, and in what ways does this section of music still have room to grow? Mandi Bates Bailey explores this subject matter in her new book, The Downhome Sound: Diversity and Politics in Americana Music. Dr. Bailey is a professor …
Madonna and Britney Spears: It’s them against the world
While Britney Spears was trying to get over her very public breakup with fellow pop star Justin Timberlake, Madonna came to visit her. “She walked into the place and immediately, of course, she owned the room,” Spears writes in her new memoir, The Woman in Me. “I remember thinking, It’s Madonna’s room now. Stunningly beautiful, she exuded power and confidence… …
New Book from Alan Paul Tells the Epic Story of the Allman Brothers Band’s 1970s Era
Fifty years ago to the day, a few rock fans were arguably still coming down, reeling, rocking and neurologically smoldering, from attending the Watkins Glen Summer Jam. Held on Saturday, July 28, 1973 at the Watkins Glen International grand prix race track in central New York, the one-day festival featured performances from three of the biggest names in rock: The …
Longtime Duval Musician Britt Traynham Authors and Illustrates New Book, ‘Portraits In Jazz’
Over the course of a career that’s now well into its fourth decade, the work of Britt Traynham has always been defined by a dogged diversity, and a relentless work ethic that has now taken him around the world, several times over. He currently lives in Hawaii with his wife and longtime collaborator, Lady Daisey, a veteran singer-songwriter and graphic …