I first came to know Lori through her husband, Fredi Meli – an excellent bass-player for the band The Blacktails (a line-up that includes friends Peter Farrell and David Blacker). Eventually, Lori and I worked together on some tracks during the production of the 2006 “Christmas Sessions” CD. Lori – a singer and writer – [...]

Let’s get The Dinny Keague Band on WFUV! The Dinny Keague Band made the trip out to the Left Coast earlier this summer and set-up camp at the legendary Sunset Sound – the recording mecca where luminaries ranging from Led Zeppelin and The Doors to Prince and Sheryl Crow brought globally chart-topping albums into existence. [...]

Way back (in ’09), my niece Natasha shared with me the fact her buddy Philip Moy and his fiancée Tiffany Mamone had written a song together dedicated to and about their first year in NYC. . .a song about the joys of being in your early 20′s surrounded by good friends in such a great [...]

The continuing adventures. . . . Once the JazzFest workers managed to liberate the Heritage Stage from Chief Iron Horse & the seemingly endless supply of his Black Seminoles Mardi Gras Indians, Doc and I broke ourselves away from their spectacle and make our way to the Gentilly Stage for Dala – a Canadian duo [...]

It wasn’t until my buddy “Natty” Neal Bronstein mentioned them that I had even heard of The Budos Band – despite the fact that their home base is a free ferry ride away on Staten Island. No no – I won’t be making that trip across New York Harbor anytime soon. I’ll hold out until [...]