I caught up with Brian Krumm of Chicago’s American-noir group The Great Crusades to talk about his solo project, Brian Krumm and His Barfly Friends. Their album Just Fade Away will be released as a digital download, 12” vinyl LP, on CD, and via streaming platforms on June 2 via Pravda Records. Before we got around to talking about the album, though, he wanted to mention a music festival he had recently been to. “A couple of weeks ago I was at the Jazz Fest in New Orleans,” he told me. “That was a really fun time. I don’t know…
Author: Bill Graham
Bill Graham
Bill Graham is a retired attorney who worked with legal programs representing poor and low income elderly and also represented veterans who had been denied benefits promised to them. He is also a songwriter and past President of both the Northeast Country Music Association and its affiliated Songwriters Workshop. A former writer for Blues Wax, Bill interviewed Valerie June before anyone knew who she was.
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Kacey releases a new song in advance of her fifth album entitled ‘Year Away,’ out July 28.
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Jefferson Berry just dropped Dreams of Modern Living, a solo album featuring just him and an acoustic guitar.
If you are drawn to the highway, there is no other choice. It is just a natural fact because, as Tom Cochrane tells us, “Life Is A Highway.”