Month: December 2017

Todd Snider- Main Street Crossing – Tomball, TX – Review

Written by James Killen Man there are so many Todd Sniders running around in this one guy, it is hard to keep up, much less believe them all. There’s this barefoot homeless guy, but I know that he has been making money off of his recordings since before the file sharing thing sucked it all…


SWRFA CD Reviews-2017

Written by James Killen It has been over a month since I began listening to all of the discs that I was given at this year’s event. I listened to each of them at least twice and in detail. I was given more than thirty of them and there was merit to each. I have…


Trout Fishing in America- Kid’s Show- Mucky Duck- Houston, TX – Review

Written by James Killen Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood have been Trout Fishing in America for decades. They met when Keith joined Ezra, Connie Mims and Craig Calvert in the 1970’s folk rock band Wheatfield (later St. Elmo’s Fire). When chronic adulthood set in for the band members, Keith and Ezra continued their music career…


Trout Fishing in America- Kid’s Show- Mucky Duck- Houston, TX – Photos

Photos by James Killen


Mystery Loves Company- The Americana – Houston, TX – Photos

Photos by Eddie Ferranti


Mystery Loves Company- The Americana – Houston, TX – Review

Written by James Killen I got to the Americana Saturday evening, ready to be entertained once again by Maddy and Carlos and their unique blend of musical styles as Mystery Loves Company. This evening was the first time that I caught the whole band complete with drummer. In addition, the band was gathered together to…


Marina Rocks and Brian Kalinec- JP Hops House – Houston, TX – Review

Written by James Killen For those of you that have been following Marina Rocks’ progress after her accident, I’m happy to say that she is recovering very nicely. She is still piecing together some of her memories after the concussion, but she is back to playing full scale gigs. On this fine Friday evening she…


Marina Rocks and Brian Kalinec- JP Hops House – Houston, TX – Photos

Photos by James Killen