David MatthewsSep 18, 20161 minSaturday Evening with Townes Van ZandtA few days ago I happened on a piece in The Guardian about a pair of landmark documentary films from 1976. One was Martin Scorcese's The...
David MatthewsSep 13, 20162 minoh...and about that "basket of deplorables"...I failed to take up Hillary Clinton's "basket of deplorables" bungle in yesterday's post about her recent rough stretch. The omission was...
David MatthewsSep 12, 20162 minHillary Clinton and the Terrible, Horrible, Not so Good Couple of DaysHillary Clinton did not enjoy the best of weeks. Her performance at the NBC Candidates Forum did not inspire confidence. Yes, NBC's Matt...
David MatthewsSep 10, 20162 minSaturday Evening with Mississippi John HurtMississippi John Hurt (1893–1966) is among a number of great bluesmen who made recordings in the 1920s and '30s and afterward lived in...
David MatthewsSep 5, 201610 minNotes Toward an Idea of BohemiaThe road to Bohemia ran through Bob Dylan in his mid-1960s incarnation and back to the beats, who read widely and dropped names with...
David MatthewsSep 4, 20161 minSaturday Evening with Old Crow Medicine ShowMy old college pal Allen Mackey turned me on to Old Crow Medicine Show some years back when he emailed a link to the "Wagon Wheel" video....