Author: Don Wilcock
Don Wilcock
Now into his second half century as the warrior music journalist, Don Wilcock began his career writing “Sounds from The World” in Vietnam, a weekly reader’s digest of pop music news for grunts in the field for the then largest official Army newspaper in the world, The Army Reporter. He’s edited BluesWax, FolkWax, The King Biscuit Times, Elmore Magazine, and also BluesPrint as founder of the Northeast Blues Society. Internationally, he’s written for The Blues Foundation’s Blues Music Awards program, Blues Matters and Blues World. He wrote the definitive Buddy Guy biography 'Damn Right I’ve Got The Blues,' and is currently writing copy for a coffee table book of watercolor paintings of blues artists by Clint Herring.
Interview with Suzanna Vega, who is in the middle of touring as well as a creative surge.
They’re second on the bill of an all-day extravaganza, headlining Paul Thorn, called The Delta Roots Music Festival on Saturday, April 22nd in downtown Helena, Arkansas.
Their second duo recording, ‘Leather and Dust,’ drops April Fool’s Day. But they’re selling advance copies on this tour.
Interview with Mark O’Connor, whose career spans almost half a century across multiple genres with artists that include Chet Atkins, Merle Haggard, Roy Acuff, Yo Yo Ma, and Alison Krauss!
Interview with keyboardist Nate Wilson, who certainly has the chops to make a welcome addition to moe.’s evolved sound
Lurrie currently has an album in the can of Freddie King standards he recorded with King’s brother on bass. That album is looking for a label.
Moody Blues’ John Lodge reprises the entire ‘Days of Future Passed’ with new group.
‘Songs From The House of Grease’ was recorded in two afternoons in his home studio and covers everyone from Mississippi Fred McDowell to John Coltrane.
Interview with Bob Bralove, creative genius who worked with the Grateful Dead on the soundtrack to the second ‘Twilight Zone’ TV series, and programmed the synthesizers that took Stevie Wonder from point A to Z 20 years into his career.
On February 4th, Delmark will livestream “Delmark Records 70th Anniversary Blues Revue” at 8:00 pm CDT on Mandolin.