“Just be sure you spell my uncle’s name right,” my wife Linda admonished me.”It’s ‘Ervin’ with a ‘V’, not ‘Erwin.’ ” Of course I would. After all, Uncle Ervin — with a V —was the composer of “The ...

Written in 1938 by vaudeville fiddler Ervin T. Rouse, “The Orange Blossom Special” has become a bluegrass standard; in this video documentary Bestor Cram explores the song’s history and appeal, ...

It’s the Carousel Ballroom and it’s Johnny Cash with the Tennessee Three. Bear Owsley, the acid manufacturer and soundman extraordinaire, was on the soundboard. The Carousel was a San Francisco music ...