Genghis Cantina tends to be a bit of a singer-songwriter ghetto. Wander into this small West Hollywood performance space any night of the week and chances are you’ll happen across a solo acoustic guy or gal emoting in all the […]
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Back in 1848, Amador County was the place to be; something to do with a coveted metallic element called gold. Word got out, of course, and 80,000 folk bum-rushed this sleepy patch of land nestled in the western foothills of […]
If Gram Parsons knew when he scribbled those words in a 1972 letter that 21 years later country music’s biggest stars would record a best-selling tribute album to the Eagles, he probably would have been aghast. Though his oft-stated desire […]
Jack Williams has led the long, winding life of a professional musician for the past 40 years. This is the abridged version of his journey. The Elvis Years: As an adolescent in the early 1950s, Williams was bitten by the […]
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight…and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us. — Hebrews 12:1 Few have heeded this exhortation with […]
I’ve used up every trick that I had hidden up my sleeve Think it’s time I reconcile with what I had to leave — Marty Stuart, “Redemption” The president of the Country Music Foundation — currently serving his third term […]
Ron Sexsmith concedes right off the top he is “beyond tired,” and it’s easy to understand why his internal clock might be frazzled. He’s in a hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, killing time before a show after leaving his home […]
Every kid wants to grow up and be like his daddy — my daddy just happened to write songs, record them, and shake his butt on stages all over the world. And in the eyes of my parents, there is […]
Family and self-reliance are two concepts central to Stacey Earle’s life and career. While her brother Steve’s dramatic ups and downs have been the subject of news reports and magazine profiles, Stacey has experienced considerable personal turbulence without all the […]
Troy Campbell remembers that, when he was 13 years old, he wished for two experiences that he felt would leave his life complete: “I prayed to God that I’d get to see a woman’s breasts, and that I’d be allowed […]
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