Here are the Gillette Brothers performing Cowboy Annie…
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Memphis is home!!!
After surgery yesterday, Memphis has returned home. She can walk, but she does require an assist with a sling to easily get up at this point. In two weeks she will get her staples out, and she is on restricted activity for some time (just… Read More
Some fiddle music from Kentucky (or Why Traditional Music #937)
Here’s a nice old video featuring Kentucky fiddler Marion Sumner accompanied by David Holt on guitar….
A Canadian Art Controversy? How unusual.
Perhaps you have read about it. the Vancouver Art Gallery has come into possession of 10 “new” works attributed to J.E.H. MacDonald, a member of Canada’s hallowed Group of Seven. Some doubts have been raised as to the authenticity of the paintings as reported by… Read More
Cat Nap
Howard Hodgkin Powerhouse exhibition at the Aga Khan Museum
Howard Hodgkin Looking for something to do this weekend – or next? Take a few hours and explore the Aga Khan Museum which includes this stunning show. 8 blistering works by Hodgkin +Visions Of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin “In Indian painting I… Read More
Iris DeMent
a piano, a guitar, go ahead and go home, fluevog shoes, russian poetry in song, opening with mornin’ glory, chats about the weather, waitresses, clinking of plates, gospel and funeral songs. All seamlessly needle and threaded together by Iris DeMent last night.
“Knee Deep in the Hoopla” While in the Land of the Muskeg – Pilsen Quotation #1
Oh no, we’ve lost Don Harron and Charlie Farquharson. RIP
When Don Harron created Charlie Farquharson, he created a character who, it seemed, was always around (at least as long as I can remember) giving us the straight goods on just about everything. We need the likes of Charlie around these parts. I read today… Read More