The Diana Wortham Theater is a 500-seat venue situated in the heart of downtown Asheville, North Carolina. It shares a building with the Asheville Art Museum and, if you walk out the front door and across the street, you’ll find […]
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We just spent the weekend at a small bluegrass festival on a field near Oakboro, North Carolina. Big Lick is the first outdoor festival in the long North Carolina season, which runs from now until the middle of October, although […]
One for the joys of rummaging through record bins – vinyl, that is – is that you come across things you have never heard of and would probably not find easily on CD or MP3. Welcome to the world of […]
Fresh off their night at the Ryman, Cooder, White, and Skaggs rolled in to the Birchmere with a full head of steam and a playful spirit. Not content to merely pay homage to the music that inspired them, they made […]
Legends. It’s been a week of legends. Another legend passing, while the stories of three legends — Hank Williams, Miles Davis, and Chet Baker — grace the silver screen. Through each, we see what we want to see, feel what we […]
“It’s a great gift just to be alive on this Earth.” And with that uplifting affirmation, Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter Sam Baker eased into his haunting song “Broken Fingers” before a hushed audience at the Treehouse Café on Bainbridge Island, WA. […]
The song, Jerry Jeff Walker tells us, is about an old street performer he met while in jail in New Orleans. Walker was in for the night after drinking too much, and the performer — a homeless white man — […]
For the second time, Winter WonderGrass from April 1 to 3 brought a distinctive assemblage of mountaintop adventure-seekers to Northern California for a sweet amalgamation of jam-happy roots and bluegrass music, gnarly craft brews, and mountain views. The setting: pastoral […]
The New York Singer Songwriter’s Circle hosted yet another awesome Young Performer’s Night last Monday evening. Renowned vocal coach and singer-songwriter Tina Shafer hosted the event, showcasing some of the nation’s finest young talent at the legendary Bitter End in […]
My grandfather liked to say he was an “Okie from Muskogee,” having lived in the Oklahoma town for a period before moving to East Texas with my grandmother. I remember him telling me this numerous times, especially when Merle Haggard’s […]
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