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IMPROVING OUR CHILDREN’S HEALTH   Nutrition, education, and food policy affect all of our children. There are so many foods and ingredients that are being put on our grocery store shelves and served at school cafeterias that are banned in other countries. Why are we feeding our children who are growing and developing foods that […]

SUMMER BREEZE // CONNECTICUT WHITES As someone who had the opportunity to help pick grapes for Sharpe Hill Vineyard, I can tell you a lot of care goes into how they make their wine. The Sharpe Hill Vineyard Ballet of Angels wine is reflective of that care. Sharpe Hill Vineyard Ballet of Angels is a […]

TIMBER BEAST FROM LAZY MAGNOLIA // DRINK SLOWLY ON YOUR BACK PORCH I was at a local gas station that I always go to just to buy beer. I only buy beer there because the gas is too expensive, but that’s beside the point. As I was browsing, I saw an end cap with a […]

MOVIE REVIEW OF A BUTT-KICKING FEMINIST ACTION THRILLER “DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF” Imagine “The Grey” (2011) crossed with “Furie”(2019), and you’ve got the basics of Gina Carano’s latest straight-to-video actioneer “Daughter of the Wolf” (**1/2 OUT OF ****), an above-average, winter-time ransom thriller set in the icy, snow-swept north about a mom who risks her […]

MOVIE REVIEW OF THE “FURIE” The runaway success of “Taken” (2008) transformed actor Liam Neeson into an action hero in his late 50s and pumped refreshing vitality into thrillers about human trafficking.  The latest entry in this superabundant genre is Vietnamese writer & director Le-Van Kiet’s fast-paced, slam-bang, abduction saga “Furie” (*** OUT OF ****), […]

MOVIE REVIEW OF “THE KID” Infamous outlaws and noble lawmen are standard-issue characters in westerns.  “Don’t Go in the Woods” director Vincent D’Onofrio’s “The Kid” (*** OUT OF ****), ranks an above average, but derivative account of the relationship between Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett and notorious fugitive William H. Bonney, alias ‘Billy the Kid.’ […]

MOVIE REVIEW OF ”RUN FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY” An old-time Hollywood producer once quantified the difference between big budget and low budget westerns.  The number of horses drawing a stagecoach is always a dead giveaway.  Big budget westerns boast six-horse teams, while low-budget sagebrushers make do with four-horse teams. Most television westerns prefer four-horse teams. […]

Dierks Bentley Talks About His Latest Album, “The Mountain” For Dierks Bentley, every album he makes is like a new quest and a discovery. Where some artists go into projects with an idea of the sound or style they want to pursue or even the lyrical direction they’ll explore, Bentley is Mr. Clean Slate. “I […]

Jonny Lang Talks About His New Album Jonny Lang says his current album, “Signs,” is an example of just letting an album be what it wanted to be musically. “I don’t know what will come next,” Lang said in a recent phone interview. “But yeah, this one was just the record that felt right in […]

HAYES CARLL TALKS ABOUT HIS MUSIC AND NEW CD! Dolly Parton was once quoted as saying, “Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn’t get that stuff out.” Hayes Carll is fully on […]

CITIZEN COPE TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW RELEASE Substance. That is what you’ll find at the heart of the music Citizen Cope creates. It’s what has endeared the man born Clarence Greenwood to a legion of fans and found a number of high profile artists, including Carlos Santana, Sheryl Crow and the late Richie Havens, recording […]