Levon, I’ll never forget the first time I heard you. You were the voice of Americana, at a time when I first discovered the dusty tracks and whistle stops. You’ll be missed.
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RIP Randy Ponzio… shining light.
“I know my music cannot change the world, but I know my music can change someone’s moment.” – Randy Ponzio It’s with an incredibly heavy heart that I write this post tonight. If you’re a fan of Burgo’s Music Blog on Facebook, you might have seen my post on Wednesday asking for help from anyone […]
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For Gerard…
Syd Kitchen is to South African music what the Sphynx is to Egypt; a landmark that has seemingly always existed, yet remains a true enigma. A teacher, thinker, and published poet, Syd Kitchen will always be, for me at least, the godfather of South African music. He is the very heart and soul of it […]
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Another star blinks out…
I can’t tell you how sad this makes me, but news today reached my ears that Alex Chilton, singer from personal favourites Big Star, passed away today at age 59 from a suspected heart attack. To be honest, it’s been a really shitty last 4 months. First Chris “Spacewolf” Feinstein passed away. Scarcely a week […]
Chris “Spacewolf” Feinstein, bassist for Ryan Adams & The Cardinals has passed away, and I can’t tell you how sad it makes me that the post to bring me out of my “lack of posting” funk is this one. Feinstein joined the band after Catherine Popper’s departure in 2006, and initially recorded with the band […]
Bugger. I missed posting this yesterday, but in the United States, it still is yesterday, if you know what I mean… so I thought I would post anyway. Yesterday (or today, depending upon where you are when you read this), marked the 15th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death. There’s a trifecta of musical deaths that […]
Well, now I’m really glad that I made the decision to get tickets to go see Ryan Adams & The Cardinals later this month. Ryan Adams yesterday posted on his blog that: me- 34-a non smoker and happy, for the first time in my life.. i am excited to finish this wonderful time i have […]