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Rock/folk/country singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams has put together six shows exploring iconic music stars and styles as a fundraiser for performance venues such as the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass. Photo by David McClister
Lucinda Williams kind of epitomizes what we think of as American country music: Sassy, twangy and a little weary.
The Bardavon Theater in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is celebrating the 50th anniversary (and what a long strange trip …) of the Grateful Dead’s “American Beauty” album with a virtual concert on Nov. 1.
It’s the 50th anniversary of an iconic Grateful Dead album, and the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is celebrating with a free online show on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 8 p.m. featuring covers of songs from the album and the general Dead song list.
Listening to music is in itself a pleasant experience, but that experience becomes infinitely richer if you have some knowledge about what you’re listening to and how it came to be.
I had the good fortune to attend an excellent public high school. Langley High School in McLean, Va., was so good that the great and the good of Washington, D.C., who had their pick of exclusive private schools, often sent their kids to Langley.
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