Some sounds stay with you for a lifetime: the crackle and fuzz of a radio station blaring from the tinny speakers of a Datsun; the same songs coming from a small table top radio in the backyard on a warm […]
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A 40th anniversary vinyl reissue of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s iconic 1972 album Will The Circle Be Unbroken will be released on February 26. The remastering of the seminal Americana record has been overseen by the band, and the reissue will […]
Carrie Rodriguez just might be the hardest-working woman in American roots music. The Austin, Texas-born-and-raised singer-songwriter plays the fiddle, but doesn’t fiddle around. After finally taking a brief respite from the road over the holidays, when she was able to […]
An Interview with Roy Zimmerman by Terry Roland With all of the voices that come out of our television, computers and radios demanding our attention to buy their point of view, whether that is “spin,” distortion or blatant lies, it’s […]
Manitoba native, Alana Levandoski, spent five months of 2011 on a music pilgrimage. She drove away from heartache, loss and financial ruin without any particular agenda except to immerse herself in the music of the communities living along her route […]
Previously unreleased cache of cover songs After dozens of original album reissues, an omnibus box set series [1 2 3], pre-Bakersfield and post-Capitol material, tributes [1 2 3], and a two collections of duets with Susan Raye, one might wonder […]
Previously unreleased solo album from Buck Owens’ right-hand man Though Don Rich achieved greatness as Buck Owens’ band leader, guitarist, fiddler, harmony vocalist and musical foil, his solo stardom stayed on the backburner. An anthology of his instrumental and vocal […]
Cross-posted from:Me, Myself, Music and Mysteries Ok so last night I was checking out some of the Music Charts that I regularly visit to find new music and on the Freeform American Roots Chart (FAR Chart) couched among many albums […]
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the greatest Dobro player of all? Faced with that query, most magic mirrors would probably respond by saying that Jerry Douglas has been, and is, the premier Dobro player of our time. And […]
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