The Roots Report: An Interview with Paula Poundstone
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The Roots Report: Iceberg! A musical interlude to distract from the swamp
Okee dokee folks… Sometimes I feel as if talking about anything other than the current state of this country is pointless. Convincing folks to go out and hear music is akin to the captain of the Titanic telling folks to listen to the great band that’s playing on the upper deck as the ship goes […]
An Interview with Lewis Black
Okee dokee folks…For all of you folks who like to be the company of intelligent, critical thinkers who like to laugh a lot then you should be at Providence Performing Arts Center on Thursday, November 8th when Lewis Black brings in his “The Joke’s On Us” Tour. Black is one of today’s preeminent political/social comedians […]
Roots Report: Dark Times: And we’re not just talking about setting the clocks back
Okee dokee folks… I hate to beat a dead horse, mostly because I am an animal lover, but it is imperative that folks get out on November 6 and exercise their right to vote. We are in dark times, people, and it is getting darker. If it gets much worse, we may never be able […]
The Roots Report: Eating Shit — Farm Aid challenges corporate farms
Okee dokee folks… Back in 1985, I came across an article in Time magazine about the crisis of family farmers that inspired me to write a song called “The Final Harvest.” Later that year, John Cougar Mellencamp released his Scarecrow album with its title cut about the farm crisis, and he, along with Neil Young […]
The Roots Report: You Can Observe a Lot by Watching: Our resident roots expert talks politics
Okee dokee folks… Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra famously said, “It’s deja vu all over again,” and this certainly applies to this year’s RI primary elections. So why am I writing about elections in a music column? Two reasons: It’s my damn column and maybe if enough people talk about what happened more folks will […]
The Roots Report: Starship Fails to Blast Off and The Guess Who Left Me Scratching My Head
Okee dokee folks… The other night I went to check out a show featuring two classic rock bands at Twin River’s Event Center. The bands were Starship, featuring Mickey Thomas, and The Guess Who. I have never had the chance to see these bands live before, but have seen a few of the original members […]
The Roots Report: Can You Lend a Hand?
Okee dokee folks… I would like to thank all the folks who made the fifth annual Providence Folk Festival such an amazing day — the volunteers, the performers, the sponsors (Motif being one of those!) and of course, the audience. Now let’s talk volunteers. The coffeehouse season is about to begin, and many venues operate […]
Steve Earle Heads to Rhythm & Roots
Okee dokee folks… I had the chance to speak with one of the headliners of this year’s Rhythm and Roots Festival, Steve Earle. Here is our conversation. Read on… John Fuzek: Hello, Steve? Steve Earle: Hello… JF: Where are you calling from? SE: I’m outside of Detroit. JF: Are you playing a show tonight? SE: Yes, […]
The Roots Report: An Interview with Cindy Lee Berryhill
Okee dokee folks… I honestly was not aware of Cindy Lee Berryhill before my friend Ken Shane mentioned that she was coming to the Odeum in East Greenwich and asked me if I would be interested in talking to her. We were at the Autumn Defense show at Pop a couple of weeks ago and […]