Article Contributed by conqueroo | Published on Tuesday, January 19, 2021
If the futile longing to reach back through memory and grasp what is in the past could be set to music, it would sound like
Whispers and Sighs. Over the course of 13 tracks,
Anana Kaye manage to craft a journey that amounts to far more than just another Americana album. This is to be expected with Olney, an acclaimed songwriter responsible for more than 20 solo albums and songs covered by and/or co-written with the likes of Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, and Linda Ronstadt, among many others. Further, just as Townes Van Zandt reportedly saw something special in him, Olney felt a similar admiration and kinship towards Kaye, a smoky-voiced Americana darling whose star is assuredly on the rise in Nashville, and her husband and musical partner Irakli Gabriel, both of whom are originally from the country of Georgia.
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The not-singing bird
With endless silence. David Olney
People say it was a poetic exit. I assure you, NOBODY wants to die onstage figuratively or literally. On Jan. 18, Americana pioneer, singer-songwriter, recording artist, pre-pandemic streamcaster, actor, and my longtime client and good friend David Olney died of an apparent heart attack midsong. He was center stage between Amy Rigby and Scott Miller at the 30A Songwriter Festival in the Florida panhandle. His last words: “I’m sorry.” His mantra, however, was, “Always be true to the song.”
Understanding the covenant between the audience and performer, David earned rapt attention from folks wondering how to classify what they were witnessing. Was it country? Folk? Blues? Vaudeville? Scottish newspaper
Not all of our most-read posts are about famous people and creepy entrepreneurs. This recent plug for movement group Suspended Gravity garnered plenty of clicks when Kindling Arts Festival premiered the vid earlier this month.
The country-music gossip mill was turning in 1998, when Beverly Keel wrote this story about a breakup between Alan and Denise Jackson. The couple got back together, but their dramatic story is still attracting readers. If you know why, let us know in the comments.
A chief benefit of my job is being able to complain in public. I try not to abuse it. But when a huge developer announced a “contest” that would “allow” artists to paint a mural on the developer’s property for free, it gave me agita, and you liked it. xo
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Just about everyone involved in the music business from fans and musicians to venue operators and staffers and beyond has had a new set of circumstances to cope with in 2020, and conditions have been in pretty constant flux. The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to change how we experience live music. Legendary properties were sold or put up for sale. Legendary figures died. But the ways people adapted were impressive and inspiring, serving as a reminder of how much music means to the people who make it and the people who listen. As we get ready to pop on the flying-toaster screensaver at the home base of Cream HQ, here are the 10 most-read posts here on our music blog. Thanks for reading, and best wishes for a brighter 2021.