Doug Paisley writes with a subtle beauty, with a steel-toed determination, with a twilit ache. Context, however, is everything in music. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be songs; they’d be poetry. The Band’s Garth Hudson provides that context You May Also Like: Ex-producer Mark Hudson still piles praise on Ringo Starr: ‘HeRead More
Garth Hudson will be featured as a guest celebrity during a special pre-show meet and greet for the Tribute to the Last Waltz benefit, held Saturday, November 30, 2013, at the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia. You May Also Like: Ex-producer Mark Hudson still piles praise on Ringo Starr: ‘He playsRead More
May was dominated by both the Band and the Beatles — two titans of the 1960s whose legacies continue to intrigue and delight successive generations of music aficionados. You May Also Like: Steve Hackett, Rob Reed, Nick Beggs + others, “Spectral Mornings” (2015): One Track Mind Steve Cropper on theRead More
Even as Garth Hudson continues working on a new studio effort, the Band’s very busy multi-instrumentalist is prepping for a tour in Japan, to begin at the end of July. You May Also Like: Maud – ‘Maud’ (2021) ‘We Are Twisted F***ing Sister!’ (2014): Movies Ex-producer Mark Hudson still pilesRead More
Recreating an album 25 years later is not always the easiest task to tackle — let alone being able to assemble the same exact musicians (including D.J. Vin Scelsa’s new introduction), but the ex-Bongos front man Richard Barone pulled it off. You May Also Like: Grip Weeds, Richard Barone, AndersonRead More
It’s difficult, as this plays, to believe that The Beautiful Old focuses on sheet-music favorites from before the advent of electricity. These 19 gusts of folk-tinged turn-of-the-century Americana still hold boundless insights. You May Also Like: Linda and Richard Thompson, “The Great Valerio” (1974): One Track Mind Richard Thompson, “BrokenRead More
Garth Hudson, fresh off an emotional concert tribute to the fallen voices of the Band, has begun work on a new musical project — and this one promises to be even more personal. You May Also Like: Ex-producer Mark Hudson still piles praise on Ringo Starr: ‘He plays the song’Read More
A rare talk with co-founding Band multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson, presented in two parts over the course of November, shot to the top of our November 2012 readers poll You May Also Like: Something Else! columnist Kit O’Toole featured at Fest for Beatles Fans
Garth Hudson’s update of “This Wheel’s On Fire” shows how the Band’s music could be just as dangerous as it could be contemplative.