[contextly_auto_sidebar id="Se057gZ16VIuVDe1Pyi79u2wvvTjBc6g"] ON the night of my book's publication -- January 13 -- I will be part of the ALOUD series in downtown Los Angeles. This is one of the best literary series I know -- I've interviewed authors for it and watched from the audience -- so it's a real honor to launch my book there. With me will be the Silver Lake architect Barbara … [Read more...]
Archives for December 5, 2014
Gillian Welch on Tragic Old Folk Songs
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="S7btWx3iYCGnlaDRbt7l737P9YgYp8Kx"] WHY do people make art, write songs, tell stories? Partly, it's to deal with pain and suffering. This week I spoke to one of my musical heroes about the lineage of dark, gloomy folk songs from the American South -- many of them originating in the British Isles, from Child Ballads and the like. Here is what Welch had to say about … [Read more...]