Subject: Folk Music

• When He Was Just a Little Rolling Stone

  February 3, 2000

• We Want You Seed!

  May 31, 2001

• Letters

  August 21, 2003

• The Harder They Come

  August 12, 2004

• Last Night: She & Him, Lavender Diamond at the House of Blues

  (photo by Christopher Victorio) Last Night: She & Him, Lavender Diamond at the House of Blues, Anaheim, Nov. 5, 2008. Better Than: "The Happening," this summer's M. Night Shyamalan flick that co-starred Zooey Deschanel. But really, what isn't? Download: The eminently likable "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" from She & Him's Volume One. Though perhaps not yet a household name, Zooey Deschanel is most certainly A Movie Star, having appeared in films as diverse as "Elf" and "The Hitchhiker's Gui

  November 6, 2008

• LowBallVideoChatter: The Band, "Don't Do It"

  The Time: Thanksgiving, 1976.   The Place: Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco.   The Occasion: The final concert by the original lineup of the Band, with a jaw-dropping number of guests (Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Dr. John, etc.), all of it preserved forever by Martin Scorsese's cameras in the greatest rock-doc of all time, The Last Waltz.   Ticket Price: A then-scandalous $25, but everybody got a free turkey dinner

  November 27, 2008

• Musical Advent Calendar: Bob Dylan, 'The Night Before Christmas'

  Continuing our mini-theme this weekend of iconic singer/songwriters, let's turn to Bob Dylan. To his credit, he hasn't released any cheesy Christmas tunes in his near 50-year career, though the holiday comes up in tunes like "Arthur McBride" and both Christmas and Santa are mentioned in "Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie." But don't think that makes Bobby D some kind of scrooge. Two years ago, he recited "A Visit from St. Nicholas"--the poem of disputer authorship more commonly known by opening lin

  December 14, 2008

• Michael Ubaldini: A rugged outlaw who likes to folk

  In my book, the modern folk artist falls into one of three categories. First, you have the weepy, self-deprecating Conor Oberst types, followed by the ultra-groovy, "look at me I play a million instruments because I'm so talented" hippies. And then you've always got the straight ahead rocker whose faux Springsteen swagger gets ladled over some easily digestible, cut-and-dry lyrics. But if local musician Michael Ubaldini has taught me one thing after a 10 minute browse of his Myspace page, it is

  February 11, 2009

• Free Crap That Came In The Mail: Epic Overuse of the Word 'Epic'

  People are saying "epic" a lot these days. Way too much. And not just in reference to the Faith No More song or ancient longform poems like Beowulf, for pretty much anything. A sandwich can be epic, or an episode of "The New Adventures of Old Christine." It's a real problem, one that probably started with the "epic fail" Internet meme, and now its unfortunately seeped its way into music, infiltrating the already sticky territory of genre classification:

  February 18, 2009

• Swift-Footed

  February 26, 2009

• Freakin' Glorious

  January 15, 2009

• It Ain't Me, Babe

  January 1, 2009

• Mason Conspiracy

  November 13, 2008

• Both Hands

  June 26, 2008

• The Mellow Show

  May 1, 2008

• Troubadour of Perception

  Folk-rock icon Donovan's music continues to raise consciousness

  February 7, 2008

• Do Look Back

  WEB EXCLUSIVE! Reviewing the musical-biopic bonanza of 2007

  January 10, 2008

• One of Us Must Know

  The elusive Bob Dylan, masterfully considered, in I’m Not There

  November 22, 2007

• Hurrah for Jara

  Los Abandonded's Pilar Diaz pays tribute to a revolutionary Chilean icon

  September 27, 2007

• Angry Folks

  February 14, 2002

• Weed Killers

  OnDVD: Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny

  March 1, 2007

• Sitting There On the Group W Bench

  The Guthrie Family Legacy Tour

  April 26, 2007

• Surnames Gone Wild

  Albert & Gage

  April 19, 2007

• Get Faced With Dylan

  October 6, 2005

• Emeralds

  Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

  March 1, 2007

• Talk About Pop Muzik

  Sandy Zipp, Professor, UC Irvine

  March 1, 2007

• Hits!

  Pier Records

  December 7, 2006

• CD Review

  Various Artists, The Harry Smith Project Double CD/DVD set (Shout! Factory)

  November 23, 2006

• Supplementary Discography

  September 28, 2006

• This Week in Red Hot Rockers

  February 16, 2006

• Born in Chicago, Buried Alive in OC

  July 14, 2005

• Get Sick, Get Well. Hang Around an Inkwell

  February 17, 2005

• Bob Dylan Comes to Town

  October 14, 2004

• The Most Horrible Man in the World

  November 20, 2003

• Protest Punks Not Dead!

  November 13, 2003

• There is Nothing New but Dylan

  July 31, 2003

• Wronging Our Writes

  February 7, 2002

• Yakkity Yak

  March 15, 2001

• Who Murdered Music?

  August 31, 2000

• The Reverend Horton HeatSpend a Night In the BoxTime Bomb Recordings

  April 27, 2000

• Letters

  April 13, 2000

• When He Was Just a Little Rolling Stone

  February 10, 2000

• The Peoples Republic of Barclay!

  January 27, 2000

• Beyond the Beanstalk

  April 30, 2009

• OC Alt Rockers, Where are they now?

  Jamison Covington (left) and Parker CaseIt's not news that OC alternative rockers Faulter and JamisonParker are no longer producing music, but for those of you who followed these bands in the mid 2000's, you may be wondering what they're up to these days. Andy Carpenter, lead singer of Faulter, has moved away from the limelight and has gone to work as a producer. He has been working with Folk artist Molly Marlette. If you'd like to check Molly out, you're in luck... she is playing at The Gypsy L

  June 9, 2009

• Tree Huggers Ball

  June 18, 2009

• Americana Family Festival

  July 2, 2009

• Lexi Lee

  August 27, 2009

• 17 Hippies

  September 3, 2009

• FAR West Convention

  November 5, 2009