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Hank Williams and Chet Baker Biopics, Equal but Separate
“I Saw the Light” (Hank Williams) and “Born to Be Blue” (Chet Baker) are two equally mediocre biopics with radically different responses from critics. Both pictures portray musicians on the lost highway: Williams on
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Ditty TV’s Americana, Where “Ditty” Rhymes with…
Imagine the promise of an Americana video channel that isn’t as basement-level godawful as Country Music Television (a.k.a., pop music with cowboy hats.) Imagine the interest that was aroused when, three songs into the first viewing
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Venue Reports: Riptide, Club DeLuxe, Amnesia, The Crêpe Place, Hopmonk, Twin Oaks, Ivy Room
HWS’s roving reporter Eric Friedman (Lucky Rubes) checked out the Riptide and saw that the drywall is up, meaning the electrical and plumbing are in, meaning that the opening is about 6-8 weeks away. Yes!
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“Hillbilly Robot” Festival #3 Plays Every Weekend in February
Hillbilly Robot is a festival which has played every weekend in February for the past three years, supplanting San Francisco Bluegrass and Old Time Festival (SFBOT) which ran from 2003 to 2013. SFBOT, produced by the Northern California Bluegrass Society,
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