“I think Americans are in a place right now where we are perhaps, perhaps, more willing – at least I think our listeners are more willing – to learn from others experiences and the situations that people find themselves in in corners of the world; may be quite relevant to us now.”
Read More »Billy Buchanan And His Rock ‘N Soul Revue Join the Lineup for Fanfares And Fireworks 2018
About playing the music of the '50s and '60s, Billy says, “It doesn’t matter what color you are. It doesn’t matter what age you are. You look out there, man, and they’re all digging it and that just says a lot to me. That just says a lot about the music, its longevity, and how important it is.”
Read More »Musician Annie Guthrie Influenced by More Than Just Father Arlo and Grandfather Woody
“When we were kids growing up, there were a lot of people playing around my dad all the time and some of those people were Ramblin' Jack Elliott, The Dillards, Hoyt Axton and Pete Seeger, of course, but those were all people in our lives who were family,” says Guthrie. “They influenced me as a human, and then their music was just around, all the time…. That was just the soundtrack to us growing up.”
Read More »High Sea Adventure Awaits On New Bears And Lions CD
“You learn a lot of lessons along the way when you’re out there trying to navigate your life.”
Read More »Gary Gordon Returns To Gainesville With New Songs And Stories
“The two questions I got when I returned [were], ‘Are you going to run for office?’ and ‘Are you going to play music?’ And so the answers were easy: no and yes.”
Read More »Raelyn Nelson: Willie Nelson’s Granddaughter Brings Her Brand of Rock & Country to Gainesville
I just want to keep playing music the rest of my life. My Grandpa and Aunt Bobbie have been playin’ on the road for over 45 years together. It’s all I’ve known that they do. They just go out and play songs and they call it work.
Read More »Lauren Groff’s ‘Florida:’ A Psychological State Imposed by the Natural World of Florida
“Florida is the strangest state. It’s the butt of everyone’s joke. But at the same time, it’s not a single thing. It’s a multitude of stories layered on top of one another.”
Read More »‘Funk Is Life For Me’: Big Sam’s Funky Nation Returns To Gainesville
“Funk is life for me. Funk is everything. We all need some of it in our lives, so guess who’s here to give it to you?”
Read More »Ocala’s Royal Guardsmen Just One Of Many Success Stories In Bill DeYoung’s New Biography Of Forgotten Florida Music Mogul
Bill DeYoung on Phil Gernhard: "They say he could hear a hit on first listen. I don’t know if that’s particularly true because he recorded a lot of pretty bad records, too, but he had a pretty good track record for good ones, so I think maybe he did have a talent."
Read More »Two Weekend Events In Gainesville Highlight Florida Soul History
Gainesville soul singer Little Jake Mitchell is a featured chapter in John Capouya's book, 'Florida Soul: From Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band.' "Jake, as I say in my book, is basically, he’s the living history of Florida soul music and he continues to keep soul music alive."
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