When the Tarbox Ramblers begin playing, a lot can happen quickly. That’s because they can take audiences to a place where Appalachian music, ancient blues and gospel come together in powerful, ...

Too many revivalists try to re-create the romanticized “purity” of southern blues and folk and end up instead with something overdistilled and flavorless, emptied of the existential dread that’s ...

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STOCKBRIDGE - Somewhere at the intersection of blues, folk, jug band stomp and the spare-tire-voodoo of Tom Waits lies the work of the Tarbox Ramblers, the Boston-based road warriors who have been ...

The magic hour with Wynton Marsalis; A bit of blues from The Mountain Goats; The lo-fi world of John Vanderslice; New music from Chicago's Tortoise; and rethinking the blues with Tarbox Ramblers.

Taking listeners to a place where gutbucket blues, hillbilly music and gospel come together in powerful and unexpected combinations, The Tarbox Ramblers are left-field traditionalists whose ...

The need for transcendence is what drives our passion for music. The exuberance in being lifted to another place through song is both invigorating and addictive -- all it takes is an open mind and a ...

KALAMAZOO-- Thursday night, the first night of the Kalamazoo Blues Festival, is always a sweet night.A fairly large crowd came out in perfect weather for the blues roots. Thursday nights are the more ...

Mohawk Place (47 E. Mohawk St.) has booked an ambitious and diverse schedule of bands and artists this weekend, beginning tonight, when Michael Tarbox, Alison Pipitone and Bill Nehill team up for an ...