I rode over to Indiana a few weeks ago to play for an outside wedding reception in Aurora, Ind. Elaine Crow, known also as "Ma," was doing the gig with me, and she drove up a steep hill to get to th
Jeff Roberts, or "Old Blue Eyes," as some of us call him, is still the best five-string banjo player in town. Jazz pianist Steve Schmidt drops by Roberts' regular Kaldi's gig occasionally on Tuesday
Early in June I walked my dog, Sister, to the playground at the School for Creative and Performing Arts. I had forgotten that it was graduation time; I was surprised to see the student chamber orch
One of the things that made this musical session different was the pile of handbags in the book-lined corner at Kaldi's. Trina Emig might have had her finger picks in her brown suede fringed bag (or
Barbara Brady's pre-Valentine's Day performance on Friday, Feb. 11, called "Neurosis to Nirvana, The Many Faces of Love," was a good second outing for this new singer on the scene. A soloist in the