Nanci Griffith : Armstrong [ purchase ] It isn’t a particularly profound or original observation to point out that 1969 was a pivotal ...

Ani DiFranco : Fire Door [ purchase ] I’m using this Ani DiFranco song, which mentions fire, as an excuse to write about the recen...

Photo by Katharine Swibold Last week, I stretched our Hard theme as a way to discuss the founding of a new jazz club in my hometown. T...

The Kennedys : Stand [ purchase ] Folk rockers Pete and Maura Kennedy met twenty years ago, while he was playing back-up for Nanci Griffith...

Bob Dylan: Chimes of Freedom [ purchase ] Termed by some to be a "near-perfect protest song", Chimes of Freedom is Dylan at his ...