Marybeth Hamilton, In Search of the Blues review by Steve Cheseborough Marybeth Hamilton has dug up some good stories, and makes some good insights. But then she takes it too far. The stories are about white non-musicians obsessed with African-American music (she uses “blues” in the title and many other places in the book, but [...]
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yodel lady who? 2008
yodel lady who? Originally published 3/26/2008 Oh boy, I get to yodel! Often I slip a yodeling number or two into my regular sets but this is the first time I’ve been asked to do an all-yodel show. Don’t worry, it’s only a 15-minute set. 9 to 9:15 p.m. April 10 at the World Famous [...]
Me on Oregon Art Beat 2008
Me on Oregon Art Beat Originally published 1/24/2008 Well, it’s exciting to be featured on a TV program anytime but it’s totally thrilling when the program turns out so well: http://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat/videos/view/67-Steve-Cheseborough Check it out! My thanks and praise to Shawn Hutchinson and his crew for boiling down my life and work to a fine eight-minute [...]
"Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks needs help 2007
“Philadelphia” Jerry Ricks needs help Originally published 9/9/2007 “Philadelphia” Jerry Ricks has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. The tumor is operable and he is scheduled for surgery this week. He and his significant other, Nancy Klein, are expatriate Americans living in Croatia, which (like the United States) does not have socialized medicine. So they [...]
