Photograph by Richard Uznanski At my first Adam Ezra Group show, the audience was invited to pay whatever we liked for the albums on the merchandise table. My friend dropped a twenty in the box and hoped that Adam would be able […]
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Wow, it sounds like we are about to lose a true legend – Etta James’ doctor is asking for prayers as she is in the “end stages” of her illness. What’s weird is I had just been doing an interview […]
Taylor Swift was won about every kind of award possible, from Grammys to Country Music Awards to MTV to Billboard Awards. Just this week, she was honored as one of the five CMT Artists of the Year, with her co-winners […]
I always feel a little behind the times, and behind in my listening, but I did manage to find many albums that actually came out this year that made it into my regular rotation. Here they are: 10. Matt […]
This blog previously appeared in an expanded form on Country Fried Rock. Kim Beggs may not be recognizable to American roots music fans, but in Canada, her music brings forth luminaries like Ivan Coyote, Dan Mangan, and Jerry Alfred for […]
I once met Sam in his downtown Philadelphia store on Chestnut Street, when he came up and introduced himself to me. I doubt I was yet fourteen. “Hi…I’m Sam Goody”, he said extending his hand, and he asked if he […]
You’re likely sick of all of the lists this time of year – shopping lists, “Best of” lists, play lists, packing lists. But please indulge me and consider putting ‘Tennessee Christmas,’ a new EP by up-and-coming country artist Lindi Ortega […]
The essay below is a lightly edited version of my monthly column on the California Bluegrass Association’s welcome page. It’s always an honor to have been invited to post on this outlet. I look forward to continuing the discussion of […]
John Mieras – Painted Glass (Self-Released, 2011) John Mieras is a college educated musician whose background in choral conducting, counter-tenor singing and French Horn are balanced by the informal schooling he received picking guitar with his grandfather. His voice has […]
Review: Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers – The Centennial Collection (Varese Sarabande, 2011)
Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers – The Centennial Collection (Varese Sarabande, 2011) To mark one-hundred years since the birth of Roy Rogers (November 5, 1911), Varese Sarabande’s put together a set of twenty-one early tracks by Rogers […]
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