One of the things I wanted to understand in talking with Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet of Trout Fishing in America was what happens to two musicians after decades on the road together. Not the polished version. The real version. The answer, unsurprisingly, was funny, thoughtful, and occasionally chaotic. Keith and Ezra first crossed paths in Houston in the mid-1970s. Keith was playing bass with the Houston Symphony Orchestra while Ezra was performing in a band called St. Elmo

Keith Grimwood & Ezra Idlet There are very few musical groups that can honestly say they have audiences spanning three generations. Trout Fishing in America is one. Over the years, Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet have created something that almost nobody else has managed to sustain. Parents who first heard them years ago are now bringing their own children to concerts. In some cases, grandparents are coming too. That does not happen accidentally. And it definitely does not happ

Monique Byrne and Andy Rogovin There are some performers whose music feels designed for large stages and bright lights. Crowes Pasture feels built for a listening room. The first thing most people notice is the harmony. Not polished in a slick commercial way, but close, human, and deeply connected. The voices of Monique Byrne and Andy Rogovin seem to move together naturally, as though the songs were written specifically for the two of them to sing side by side. And in a way,

Pete Seeger will be honored on May 8 by Mark Dvorak and the Power of Song singers If you come to Wesley’s Place next Friday for our annual Pete Seeger Birthday Celebration, you are not just coming to hear songs. You are stepping into a tradition that shaped how this country understands music, protest, and community. Pete Seeger did not invent folk music, but he may have done more than anyone else to bring it into the American living room and into the American conscience. He b