Written by Eddie Ferranti For the third time in our musical lives, Rose and I strapped it on and covered Folk Alliance International in frigid Kansas City. The best way to describe thee event correlates to a ride I used to love at my local amusement park when I was a kid called the Tilt-A-Whirl…

Written by Eddie Ferranti Being the planners we are,  Rose and I sit down in late December and start to chart out the coming year for sure bets to do.  One of those has happened three years running now in the form of the Southwest Regional Folk Alliance.  It is held in Austin in late…

Written by Samuel Barker May 21, 2014 at 12:00 PM Sometimes you’re late to the party. You arrive, the scene has broken up, only the crappy beer is left and most of the revelers have headed home. Usually, it is a bummer to roll up on, but sometimes, amongst the folks hanging until the bitter…

Written by Eddie Ferranti Apr 21, 2014 at 08:16 PM A milestone arrived in my life recently when I turned 60 years young. To celebrate I did what I like best-go see live music! It started with The Hollisters, then Randy Weeks, followed by Mike Stinson and then the grand finale of 3 days in…

Written by Eddie Ferranti They have a saying in Louisiana that goes “Laissez les bons temps rouler” that basically says “Let the good times roll”. Not a better way to describe our recent trip to the great city of New Orleans for the 22nd Annual New Orleans Wine and Food Experience. Over the last two…

Written by James Killen Oct 22, 2013 at 04:39 PM HMR- Hey, Ian, tell me what is going on with the Howlin’ Brothers and your upcoming show at the Dosey Doe. Ian Craft- Yeah, man we’re super pumped about coming down there. HMR- Great, great. Is this your first time down to this area or…

Written by Eddie Ferranti Oct 18, 2013 at 02:00 AM Rose and I were very excited to make our second visit to the Southwest Regional Folk Alliance in the great musical hot bed of Austin, Texas. The location was the same, Holiday Inn in Midtown, but the big difference for us was to actually stay…

Written by Dave Clements Aug 30, 2013 at 05:22 PM We were up before 3:00 am on Saturday, August 17th to make our 6:30 flight to LAX. By 10:20 am Pacific Time we’d connected through LAX and touched down in Palm Springs.  I had my camera bag over my shoulder and luggage in hand as we…

Written by James Killen Aug 21, 2013 at 02:00 AM I called Gordy Quist the other night at the behest of his publicist to get a feel for the current disposition of the Band of Heathens. Fans are quite aware that there have been personnel changes over the last year and a half or so….

Written by James Killen Aug 16, 2013 at 02:00 AM In Houston we see a lot of “drugstore cowboys” and a few “rodeo cowboys”, but the real “working cowboys” are few and far between. Just like construction workers and refinery workers, working cowboys have to be familiar with the tools of the trade, aware of…