So my kid sent me this video link that he found about Noam Pikelny, thinking I might like to see it. To quote him, “I thought this was kind of funny and relevant to your interests.” In all honesty, I’ve never heard […]
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This is the fifth in a series of blog entries about the songs on the upcoming album “Hello Cruel World”, to be released January 2012. Originally posted at www.gretchenpeters.com/blog. Savannah, Georgia, 2010 I got no use for harps and […]
The account below is reposted from my blog, which can be found at Ted Lehmann’s Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms. If you like my writing and photos, please stop in at my blog for more. IBMA 2011 – Fan Fest Sunday […]
Now that blues legends R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough are no longer with us, I am certain most fans would agree that the North Mississippi Hill Country scene just isn’t the same. And this style as a whole would no doubt be in jeopardy of finding itself shelved […]
You’ll never find me complaining about the about the amount of worthy new releases that arrive on my doorstep on a weekly basis. No way! But I do have to admit that it often gets overwhelming trying to keep up […]
1.0 – How is the European tour going so far, having fun? Well, i’m back at the shack right now, but i’ll be over there again in 3 weeks. confusing, but yeah, we’re having fun. 2.0 – Any chance of running […]
On Episode 60 of the Taproot Podcast, Arty Hill talks about changing the name of his most recent CD, his theory of what makes a song great, getting preloaded on a Ford, and why he had to write a song […]
“You’re a god!” shouted one of the more vocal audience members in the sold out Winter Garden Theatre after Matt Andersen finished a song. Andersen laughed and responded with an offhand remark about his hair (which is fabulous) but it […]
Paul Simon – Songwriter (Columbia Legacy, 2011) This two-disc, thirty-two track collection (with a generous running time of 139 minutes) highlights the legendary songwriting of Paul Simon. The composer himself selected the tracks, touching on both hits and the lesser-known […]
Andrew Adkins Troublesome, My Love Electrahead **** AH Dreamy, well crafted tales of love, deception and all things in between. My first reaction was to recoil slightly as the first three tracks scream ‘Dylanite’ and that’s not a good thing […]
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