Never underestimate the power of a guy and a guitar — at least not when it’s John Hiatt. He walked out on the stage of the Lobero last week as casual as can be, without any introduction whatsoever.

The occasion was the Americana Music Association‘s pre-Grammy celebration. (Can we call it a pre-Grammy gala? No, legally, probably not.) For most of the last 13 years the event has taken place at the ...

“Let’s go to WeHo in the meantime” doesn’t have the same ring to it, but legendary singer-songwriter and longtime Tennessean resident John Hiatt returned to his old haunts in L.A. to be serenaded by a ...