Knick Knack Records, a small independent label out of Seattle, has recently seen blues rock trio GravelRoad’s new album “The Bloody Scalp of Burt Merlin” released on LP and CD. While GravelRoad isn’t the most well-known band in the blues […]
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The annual Folkelarm festival has been a key showcase for Nordic folk music acts since 2005. After a break for reconsideration last year, it was back in force this year at Oslo’s rather impressive Rikscennen hub for traditional music and […]
“Drunk Last Night,” is the new song from ACM Award winning CMA Nominated and Republic Nashville recording artist, Eli Young Band. The band discusses the new song, touring, songwriting and Texas. “The song was so different than anything we’ve done […]
On episode 161 of the Americana Music Show, Chris Wood talks about starting the Wood Brothers with his brother, their father’s folkie influence, and writing great songs that don’t make perfect sense. Chris also sets up and plays three tracks […]
Roots Music Roundup: Brian Vollmer – Hannah Glavor and the Family Band – Levi Fuller and the Library
Brian Vollmer – Old Time Music Party 2013. Patuxent Records. The title says it all here, really. Young East Coast fiddler/banjo player Brian Vollmer just picks the hell out of a bunch of great Southern old-time tunes. Honestly, was there […]
It’s the time of year when I don’t allow myself many breaks. Mostly because I can’t take them. I don’t have time. Consequently, when I do allow them, they have to be the most meaningful breaks evar…basically that means getting […]
Zac Brown recently ran afoul of Music City etiquette by referring to fellow Georgian Luke Bryan’s “My Kinda Night” as “one of the worst songs ever.” On its face, the critique, while harsh, was spot-on: Bryan is a male supermodel/Southern […]
I I’ve never seen her in person. Unlike other musical acts I’ve been anywhere from interested in to borderline obsessed with over the years—Carly Simon, Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins, Iris Dement, Peter, Paul and Mary, even Bruce Springsteen (whom I […]
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