Asheville is one of those towns where tattooed women carry around accordions and hipster dudes wielding fiddles can play you anything you want to hear. Tango, Balkan folk, Western swing, Appalachian old-time, some song by the Arcade Fire. You’d be […]
Despite all the evidence to the contrary, Nashville is still a town to elicit excitement. Say what you will about the glut and glitter of the Kentucky Fried anthems saturating the airwaves overhead, or the mediocre imitation of the like […]
“All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.” – George […]
Artists: Dan Lavoie, Trevor Gordon Hall, Shun Ng This Saturday afternoon event was billed as an Extraordinary Afternoon of Guitars, but it could have just as easily been called an Extraordinary Afternoon of Extraordinary Guitars and Guitarists. The brainchild of Dan […]
Sarah Blacker, a Boston-based singer-songwriter, chose to celebrate her recent birthday at Club Passim in front of a sold-out audience filled with many people who appeared to be long-time fans. I have seen her perform a couple of times but […]
On January 8, the Glade City Rounders loaded up bright and early, and tood off down I-40 towards Knoxville, to play on WDVX’s Blue Plate Special. Upon arrival, they were informed the other act (other half of the Blue Plate […]
When you grow up listening to an artist like Kenny Rogers — and count him as one of your first concerts — it’s a strange and wonderful thing to see him perform 35 years later. After opening up with “Love […]
Back in the mid-1980s I was fortunate enough to stumble into the studios of WUSC-FM at the University of South Carolina, and even more lucky to have the presence of mind to sign up as a student DJ, a position […]
On this date in 1995, radio trade publication the Gavin Report first published its Americana radio chart. The 20 years since have flashed by like lightning. In that time, Americana music, as a category, has grown from a chart to […]
Let’s just face facts: Lisa Fischer may well be the most exquisite singer in the world. That’s not hyperbole; that’s just observation. Taking the stage at Nashville’s City Winery, Fischer closed her eyes, took some deep breaths, and sank into […]
