John Berger, Author of Ways of Seeing
John Berger wrote in The Sense of Sight, “Stories, poetry, music belong to time and play with it.”…
Dolly Parton's 2005 protest album, Those Were the Days
When we think of protest songs, we do not think of country or even alternative country…
There is a very old story about czar in Russia who, you might say is struggling with leadership issues. At one point, someone shows him…
Parsons at his beloved Joshua Tree. What a ham!
If you’ve never gotten into Gram Parsons, here’s how to go about doing it. First listen…
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Roothog Radio is practically the last place on the internet to have not reviewed Gillian Welch’s new album, The Harvest…
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An older, almost mythical relative drove “over the road” back in the ’60s and ’70s. I remember being told if we were verrrrrry lucky, we might arrive at…
What the Buck? Why Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakum’s Streets of Bakersfield Should Be On Your Turntable
Okay, so you probably don’t even have a…
Jiminy Cricket may have whistled while he worked but some folks might be more likely to hum Take This Job And Shove It under their breaths. Depending on the…
I grew up swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at an offshore oil rig on the horizon. When we got out of the ocean,…