Topic: Sarah Siskind

Singer-songwriters on parade this weekend

Any dude with a guitar and original songs can be branded a singer-songwriter-- a common (if not particularly descriptive) sketch of a solo...
There are a quarter more AMA showcases this year-and a lot of the new slots have gone to all-girl bands, bands fronted (or co-fronted) by women and female singer-songwriters. There are bodily singers, like Australian Kara Grainger and local Sarah Siskind. Grainger ...
Last week was a mixture of celebration and heartache for local rock musicians as acceptance and rejection emails for this year's NBN festival were sent to bands across Middle Tennessee. Tickets for individual nights as well as wristbands and VIP badges ...

Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll

The track that nudges its way into my head at these times is Van Morrison's TB Sheets, a song I have always associated with that muggy state of mind. And above it all, in that stifled voice, Morrison singing about how ...