Ess Tee Ell Notes

 

“Everyone knows this is nowhere.” Is it?  Can’t be.  Who drew the map of the road to nowhere? The road goes on forever.  Up ahead.  Around t...

( Originally published May 17, 2022, Mandolin Cafe ) Back in 1969, the mandolin seemed poised to become a sustaining part of rock 'n rol...

Cemeteries are generally sad places. Dead cemeteries even more so. The sorrow that pervades them seems a commentary on the living, not the d...

( Originally published May 7, 2022, Ear Traffic ATX ) A riddle: If you’re watching a Tejano band play Jimi Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady” at an Ameri...

( Originally published April 24, 2020, at Ear Traffic ATX ) (CAMP BANJO, TILMON, TEXAS)  – New Orleans-based chanteuse Maggie Belle crooned ...