Member of the Drive-By Truckers for the last decade.

After spending much of his young life scrapping in the rock & roll trenches, Mike Cooley has become one of the best songwriters of his generation, having amassed a catalog of songs that can go toe-to-toe with any of his contemporaries. Along the way, he and Drive-By Truckers have become an acclaimed, enduring lynchpin of American rock & roll. And now, with The Fool on Every Corner, Cooley begins the latest chapter in his impressive career, uncompromising as always, and more thankful than ever.

Rock ‘n’ roll is hard to define, or even to find, in these fractured musical times.  But to paraphrase and old saying, you know it when you hear it.

As part of the mid-’90s revival of roots-rock, the Wallflowers held a special connection to one of the original inspirations: vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Jakob Dylan. Though he is the son of a legend, Jakob’s similarities to his father are occasional – in fact, the Wallflowers are more influenced by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers than original ’60s folk-rock, though lyrically, Jakob remains a close companion to the original Dylan.

This year’s show features scintillating traditional Irish musicians and dancers.  At its center is native Irish storyteller, Tomáseen Foley.

A Celtic Christmas springs from the infinitely rich treasury of Ireland’s cultural heritage.  It is a re-creation of a night before Christmas in the West of Ireland in the 1940’s, before the advent of motorcar, the television, and the telephone.