The best gig I ever played was in the summer of 2017 at the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. For those of you who don’t know, alopecia areata is a specific kind of hair loss that is caused by the immune […]
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When Randy Travis released his breakthrough album, Storms of Life, in 1986, he had no idea how many of those storms he’d have to weather over the next 30 years of his own life. In his new autobiography, Forever and […]
Last weekend at the Pop Music Conference in Seattle, music journalists, writers, and academics gathered to share papers and trade conversation about the frontlines of music today. Perhaps not surprisingly, Lil Nas X and the recent controversy over his meme-ified […]
My trip to Wildwood, Alberta, feels more like a dream than an actual show I played. This is likely due, in part, to the out-of-body sensation triggered by nearly dying during the drive. Wildwood was certainly an intriguing dot on […]
A question I often get from people reading this column is “why in the world does that moderately successful artist need to crowdfund?” There are usually two answers to that question. For truly successful artists, it’s a sign of the […]
Last Friday marked the release of my first full-length album, a collection of original old-time music called Time and Place. It also marked three years since I picked up my life, as so many have done before me, and moved […]
The best day of the year for every physical format music lover is almost upon us: The 11th annual Record Store Day takes place on April 13, 2019. Although the international holiday continues to grow in size each year, demanding […]
Considering that she is only a quarter-century old and just released her first solo album, one might suggest I could be jumping the gun on writing a retrospective of Molly Tuttle’s musical career and highlights. And had she not grown […]
Texas roots singer-songwriter Joey McGee loves a good story, and he’s thrilled when he can put a good story to music. When he’s not letting an idea for a new song percolate in his mind, McGee’s reading a good book […]
The very first song on Molly Tuttle’s new album, When You’re Ready, her full-length debut, is “Million Miles,” which was a collaborative effort right from the start. Here’s how it came to be, in Tuttle’s own words: My friend Steve […]
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