Frank Fairfield is old school. His pocket watch is set to about 100 years back in time. With a banjo and a fiddle, he busks on the street and later congregates with the Los Angeles record collector mafia to watch piano rolls played by ghosts. He’s stepping indoors for a residency at the Redwood with his friend Blind Boy Paxton, who he describes as ‘the face of God’ on a guitar. This interview by Daiana Feuer.
The multiple-award-winning singer-songwriter is back with a stripped down, bare-all EP exploring heartbreak and redemption. With 5 Kinds of Rain, Jude returns to his songwriting roots, using only his voice, acoustic guitar and a handful of instruments to create a startlingly clear, intimate new collection.
Railroad Earth is one of America’s greatest bands playing today, plain and simple. They sing of our nation’s changing landscape and social ills with a commitment reminiscent of Woody Guthrie, while interpolating instrumental timbres that could have been pulled from Celtic or Cajun culture. And as anyone who has caught them live will attest, their concerts are imbued with the fire-in-the-belly passion of straight-ahead, blue collar rock & roll.
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The Bay Area’s outlaw music bards bring a reputation for high-energy live shows and an incomparable fusion of folk, punk, rock, and disco to stages and festivals world wide. This “High-Octane Hootenanny” will certainly delight those interested in a foot-stompin good time. Poor Man’s Whiskey has evolved into a ragged, spontaneous beast pulling from equally deep wells of story-telling originals, expertly crafted covers and zany on-stage shenanigans.
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