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Bill Champlin is on the phone calling from his home in Santa Barbara, California. And while it’s ostensibly to discuss his new solo record Livin’ for Love—available digitally from Imagen Records and physically from BillChamplin.com—he first has something to say about visiting our fair city’s environs. “My wife and son...
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For many of us, this pandemic has entirely redefined the process of yearning. Where we once yearned for often unrealistic things that we hoped we would one day have, we now find ourselves yearning for everyday simplicities that were at our fingertips just months ago—a pre-pandemic life, where we could visit whoever we please, where we could walk unfazed into Whataburger, where we could happen onto a random bar and catch live music, where we could experience that music in the way it’s meant to be seen and heard, not through our screens. As someone who has been fortunate in avoiding the far more serious repercussions of COVID-19, much of my yearning process has revolved around this last question. When will we get to see live music again?
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Well folks, 2021 ain’t off to such a hot start. But there’s plenty of time for it to turn around! In the meantime, there are some great live-streaming concerts worth tuning into this week. And for those of you who really need to get out of the house, we’ve included...
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Justin Richmond has interviewed some of the world’s finest songwriters, so he’s got a lot to draw from when considering one particularly brilliant song to discuss with us. As host and lead producer of the popular Pushkin Industries podcast Broken Record, Richmond’s recently been privy to the creative processes employed...
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Welcome to 2021, folks! Are things better yet? The jury may still out, but if you’re looking for a way to personally make it better, you could always contribute to Houston’s struggling music community. Head over to Warehouse Live’s web site where the venue is selling discounted tickets (for a...
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Reading the track list of John Allen Stephens’ Return to Form is to read a novel’s table of contents, glimpsing into the coming pages’ journey. Chapter Song titles like “Molotov,” “Motorcycle” and “Addiction,” point to autobiographical accounts of starting fires, a close encounter with death and substance abuse. Listening to...