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…

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…

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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