Poet and novelist Jim Harrison died recently. Three novellas are brought together in his final book The Ancient Minstrel. In her review, Betsy Burton says it’s “signature Harrison, gutsy, funny, dead-honest, as full of contrary currents and of beauty as the rivers he so loved to write about.”
Austen Diamond’s concert picks this week include Gary Clark, Jr., who’s producing killer blues music outside the box. He’ll be at The Complex on Friday, April 8th.
Anders Osborne will bring more than two decades of music to The State Room on Wednesday, April 6th.
And Reggae outfit Tribal Seeds play at Park City Live on Saturday, April 9th.
Music heard on this Books on Beats:
Intro: “A River Through It” by Mark Isham
1: “The Healing” by Gary Clark, Jr.
2: “Pontchartrain” by Anders Osborne
3: “Dawn of Time” by Tribal Seeds