Seven o’clock Friday evening . We leave the Vincci Baixa, the lovely yet affordable (this is Portugal, after all) hotel Maureen found for us two blocks from the Lisbon waterfront. Senor Fado, the place in the Alfama neighborhood where we’re supposed to go for authentic, typico Portuguese fado music on Saturday night, looks on the… Continue reading The Great (Fado) Escape
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Writers can learn a lot from Keith Richards, and I’m not talking about drug abuse or successful rehab. I say this because of Keith’s passion for what he does. He didn’t become a musician for the money. He doesn’t write to trends. He does what he does because he has to. He’d be playing in… Continue reading Thru and Thru