True music lovers shouldn’t really travel anywhere without sampling some local sounds. So it was that I found myself recently in the Rex Theater, Galax, southwest Virginia, listening to bluegrass courtesy of the Slate Mountain Ramblers. In many ways it was […]
by Sandy Carter April 1999 In the last two decades, the image of Elvis Presley has been so thoroughly obfuscated by myth and parody, it is near impossible to recall his life and music without bringing to mind the ridiculous […]
Hank Cochran: Living On A Song Nashville Film Festival People are bitching about the demise of country music, but they’re missing the point. At a time when everybody is overly styled, making the rounds and doing the marketing, they missed […]
Kevin Welch Live Theatre Newcastle 22nd April 2012 Alan Harrison These days George Welch only performs at festivals and the occasional folk club so it was a delight it was to see the ex-coalminer, local folk legend, Renaissance Man, raconteur […]
Five Bluegrass bands are “Pickin’ it Up” – hopin’ that you’ll Pick Them. The bands are all finalists in the Independent Country Music Awards (ICMA). Fans can vote once every 24 hours and then can see the automatically tabulated results […]
LEVON HELM: Chorus: Levon Helm, Levon Helm, These hills won’t be the same, without Levon Helm Levon Helm, Levon Helm, These hills won’t be the same, without Levon Helm Verse: Rice Puddin and “hand jive” Willy Country Blues Gospel […]
I interviewed Ian “Jethro Tull” Anderson for about an hour earlier today for an article I am writing. We had a short nerdy conversation about music (difference between Aqualung rock and Thick as a Brick prog etc.). Then it took […]
Got a hot date Saturday night? This is the album for it. If things go well, it works for Sunday morning too…in fact just pause it around track four or five and you’ve got the perfect mood shift for waking […]
The news coverage of Levon’s Helm’s death last week has been overwhelming – but not just the coverage. The online community responses of commentary, the continuous Facebook posts on those musicians’ pages who have been influenced by Levon were a […]
RIP Levon; These hill won’t be the same without you in them… It was my honor to call you a friend, and a privilege to know you… You were an American Original, a National Treasure…A Founding […]
