Donna Beasley isn’t a household name nor would you pick her out of a crowd, but it might be that everyday quality that makes her music a good listen. Laced with themes that echo her moutain-based, Fundamentalist Baptist upbringing, her music is a throwback to a more simple place and time–kind of like that […]

Paul Griffith, great drummer and Sharkbitten pal, has hit a sour patch–he’s got a serious illness and while his insurance helps, like many musicians his deductible is somewhere between the stratosphere and heaven. Will Kimbrough, a mutual friend, summarizes the situation here:
Paul Griffith is hospitalized in Key West, after an attack of divurticulitis, and […]

Home is a concept with which I relate–many songs I write are about the stress of travel, sleeping in weird places and the bizarre things I see out here on the road.
One of my favorite midwestern bands, The Nadas, have a new song aptly entitled “Home” that will appear on their upcoming CD. […]

My pal Tommy Womack appeared live on WBIR in Knoxville a while back and he’s been kind enough to share it with all of us: