A pair of R&B birthdays for May 27

Tommy Brown was born in 1931. Junior Parker was born in 1932. Tommy Brown recorded in Atlanta for the Savoy … More

Huntington’s Disease

On Thursday evening I attended a benefit for The Huntington’s Disease Youth Organization at Thunder Road in Somerville. My buddy Chris … More

Born May 26, 1952 Denny is the son of Harold Breau and Rita Cote, who were known professionally as Hal … More

A few weeks ago I was listening to Hillbilly at Harvard as I have every Saturday morning for decades. Cousin Lynn played … More

Born May 26, 1957 A multi-instrumentalist, playing everything from guitar and piano to concertina, she is particularly skillful on Slide. … More

How long has it been since he lost the battle with his personal demons and left us? Doesn’t really matter. … More

Can’t add much to that…

Born May 25, 1955 She is an emotionally fearless songwriter. Her gentle speaking voice hardly give a hint of the … More

Born May 25, 1936 For some reason he just never caught on with the folkie crowd. Maybe it was because … More

Often called “A Forgotten Father of American Country Music” due to the efforts of Mike Seeger and the success of … More