Ian & Sylvia, The Lost Tapes, Stoney Plain Records — First printed in September 2019, in The Paris News. Imagine being returned to the folk music era of the 1960s and 70s, the time when musical instruments were played to compliment the singers’ voices, not over-power them, and songwriters wrote songs with meaning and substance behind […]
Kevin Fowler, “Barstool Stories,” Kevin Fowler Records — Also appeared in September 2019 issue of Buddy Magazine Kevin Fowler has gone and done it again — released a great album. Barstool Stories, this project is called, released Some of the songs have already been major hits, not only in Texas, but across the national charts […]
Originally in June issue, Buddy Magazine Aaron Watson, Red Bandana, Big Label Records People are supposin’ why Aaron Watson chose to title his forthcoming CD Red Bandana, due out June 21. But, Watson is releasing a song or two at a time on the streaming sites, not all 20 songs included. So far, there’s five songs […]
CD Review, “Home”, George Ensle, Independent/Berkalin Records Sometimes the best music come unexpectedly. George Ensle has been producing good — no, make that great — music for decades, and this newest of his CDs, Home, is perhaps the best of them all. Ensle either wrote or co-wrote all the songs on this 10-song project, and […]
Press release from Culture-Hype.com—NOTE by Mary Jane: This company sent all information, including a review copy of the song “Take Me Home,” the photos at good resolution, and the press release. It was done professionally with several options for opening all the information. Good job accomplished for their client! And… they sent the advance on […]
Strike, Shake.Scrape to make music.
Mary Jane Farmer, originally written for the Van Alstyne Leader, but not published. Feel free to download any photos. The Van Alstyne Public Library continued Monday (July 8) with its series of summer programs designed to keep young minds active while not in school. Dallas musician Mark Shelton presented numerous styles of percussion instruments. Called […]
Story and photo by Mary Jane Farmer Van Alstyne Mayor Steve Riley opened the first of several meetings Tuesday night (May 14, 2019) with the City Council, acting as the Zoning Board of Adjustments, voting on a request for variance. A resident asked to allow for a residential back yard to be less than five […]
Casey Baker at Music in the Park
Story by Mary Jane Farmer, Courtesy photo UPDATE: If it rains, the concert will move indoors to The Roost, on South Main across from the government building.. Tuesday night brings the second of the 2019 Music in the Park series to Dorothy Fielder Park in downtown Van Alstyne, presenting Denison songwriter and singer Casey Baker […]
Photography is… No. 2 stimulates imagination
C\ Click here, on this link, to see a few more of my “challenge” photos. No. 2 — Photography requires imagination Each year, lately, I have gone on my own photographic journey, calling it my “Challenge.” I’ll pick a topic and do what I can to photograph items, people, […]
Photography is… No. 1-Immortality
First in a series about photography and why I (Mary Jane Farmer) love it so much. Some of this is ‘borrowed’ from another source, most is uniquely my own. Photography creates immortality — Every Thanksgiving, my family is at my house. It’s tradition. The grandkids take out the old photo albums and go through them, again […]
Kinky Freidman — Still The Kinkster
Lately, I’ve been listening to Kinky Freidman’s newest CD in about, oh, say, 40-ish years. It’s called Circus of Life and is due out in about three weeks, or July 3 to be more specific. And, believe or trust me, it’s well worth the money. The Texas Jewboy has not lost his touch, not at […]
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