Pause, for readers to roll their eyes. This song, after all, has been sung into absurdity. It’s been performed beautifully by great singers like kd lang and Jeff Buckley before her. But it’s also been paraded around by American Idol contestants […]
The International Bluegrass Music Association will present its annual World of Bluegrass event from September 30 – October 4, 2014 in Raleigh, NC. All events take place within a six- or seven-block radius of the Raleigh Convention Center, a modern, comfortable, and accessible facility including […]
Music entertains. Music comforts. But what happens when music pledges? That is when you divert from the mainstream music scene to the out-of-the-box and make a move. Social movements take root among the mass and travel into actions coming from […]
Since Levon Helm began hosting his Midnight Rambles, in his home studio — “The Barn” — in Woodstock, I’ve been going. Nights of legend happened every Saturday there was music there: Those magical, small, early shows with Alexis P. Suter and Olabelle, […]
Eddie Lott is a Dallas-based songwriter in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign to fund the recording of his first studio-produced album, Blame It on My Wild Soul. Normally, I don’t cover artists before their work is a finished product, […]
Last night’s Eagles concert at the Tacoma Dome began rather peculiarly, with just Don Henley and Glenn Frey taking the stage and picking out a pair of acoustic ditties, including “Saturday Night.” As the band’s undisputed leaders would quickly explain, […]
I was privileged to see Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA on August 16, 2014. What an incredible performance they put on. Midway thru the show, Marty’s solo rendition of Orange Blossom Special was something […]
Dear everyone, While you were sleeping, an announcement, if you could call it that, has slid out into the internet. Dropped quietly, like the proverbial pebble in a pond, it will hit you like a stormy sea-wave once you’re fully awake. […]
With just a few weeks to go before the 15th annual AmericanaFest in Nashville, now is a good time to ask: What the heck is “Americana” music anyway? The Americana Music Association, which puts on the conference, puts it this […]
Double rainbow, check. Amazing music, double check. My 31st year at the 53rd annual Philadelphia Folk Festival has come and gone, but the memories are lingering on like lyrics and notes across the sweet waves of blue sky and high […]
