This album has been in heavy rotation here at Blabber’n’Smoke ever since we were able to get a copy at Sacri Cuori‘s superb gig with Dan Stuart at King Tuts last month. From Italy and primarily an instrumental band press […]
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Ricky Skaggs is one of the most consistently excellent, continually relevant and important artists still passionately making quality music in Nashville today. His ever faithful fan base, his influence on up and coming young musicians, his awards, accolades and number […]
David Menconi’s biography of Ryan Adams is a fun, quick read for any fan of alt-country. Menconi draws on his own recollections and notes, interviews with Adams done prior to 2001, interviews of key players from the early days (many […]
Interview w/ Christmas Davis of The Tall Pines 1.0 – How did you catch the rock & roll bug? Ha ha, “Catch” is funny word. I believe that my fever was congenital, and my condition is probably genetic. Connie’s definitely is. There […]
Opinion From Prescription Bluegrass Editor and Radio Host, Brian McNeal This past week marks another turning point in the history of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual conferences. As previously announced, 2012 is to be the final year for the […]
Photograph of Blue Sky Riders by Louise Uznanski Gary calls it the “45 degree angle tour”. He claims that at the start of each concert, every head in the audience is turned at 45 degrees, looking at Kenny. Why, […]
Emotionally charged live recording It’s been well documented that Gauthier had a troubled life from a very young age that led to her only making her first album in 1997 at the age of 35; but as she turns 50 […]
What I really wanted to call this post, but it was too long to fit in the above space and kind of presumptive with a touch o’ the mean spirit, was this: “Why Steve Earle has become the person that […]
‘They tell me it’s been seventeen years since I last performed solo here’ said Butch Hancock as he opened the evening in front of a capacity crowd. Hancock as a musician has always preferred to tread the independent route and […]
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