By John Lehndorff (June 17, 2015) I had the opportunity to chat with one of my musical heroes, Ry Cooder, while writing a feature about his upcoming tour with Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White. You can read that feature at: https://johnlehndorff.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/acousticity-the-one-where-ry-goes-honky-tonkin-with-ricky-sharon-and-buck/ You can listen to Ry Cooder, Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White perform live from … Continue reading
By JOHN LEHNDORFF (Note: This feature originally appeared in the Daily Camera and online at Second Story Garage. Cooder-Skaggs-White performs Wednesday, June 17, in Aspen, Friday in Boulder, Sunday in Telluride, and Monday at the Denver Botanic Gardens.) Ry Cooder may be the greatest musician of our era that almost nobody knows. Guitar geeks do … Continue reading
Phases and stages: After 42 years of Festivation it’s time for a new stage for Telluride’s Town Park By John Lehndorff (This story will appear in the Festival Guide at the 2015 Telluride Bluegrass Festival with archival photos) Sometime this autumn after the final festival of the year in Telluride, theFred Shellman Memorial Stage in Town … Continue reading
(This feature originally appeared in Cheese Connoisseur Magazine.) By John Lehndorff There is one shelf at your local wine and spirits merchant that might as well have an invisibility cloak over it. Most of us ignore it on the way to the seltzer water and Bloody Mary mix. In the past, only savvy home bartenders … Continue reading
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