Ooh Poo Pah Doo!
Taj Mahal (right), Emily Barker and The Everly Brothers -- all on the same show? You betcha! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide...
Wide Open Road!
Johnny Cash (right), Little Milton and Bonnie Raitt -- all on the same show? Yes! The latest edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour...
In The Midnight Hour!
Wilson Pickett (left), Kim Richey and Little Milton -- all on the same show? Yes, the new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is...
Themeless in London
What a wonderful array of musicians we have lined up for this Saturday’s show! I mean, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt, Rosanne Cash, Nat King...
Great covers -- a true art
A myth grew up in the 1960s and '70s -- one that persists, in some quarters, even today. And that is that true artists sing songs they've...
Around the world in 30 days!
Who could have believed it? When we started The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour one month ago, the concept was adacious. More than one...
You’ve Got to Play Fair
If you want to be a children’s author, you've got to play fair. Kids have an innate sense of fairness. They aren't born racist or sexist...
I got rhythm: Getting your sentences right
"Whant to write well? Read your stuff out loud". The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman said she could look around the...
Don’t talk down to kids. They can sense it.
"Children are watching. They're learning. They know stuff". When you’re writing for children, your writing needs to be appropriate for...
Show, don’t tell
"Avoid relying too much on adjectives and adverbs". This is one of the cardinal rules of good writing for readers of any age, but what...
