It’s all the Doc Watson a fan could dream of, a head-busting collection of Doc’s music featuring collabs with everybody who is anybody in roots music, including James Cotton, Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Flatt and Scruggs, and Bill Monroe. Merle […]
The Kruger Brothers have brought to American music a vast musical range and versatility of vision. Through their association with Doc Watson and MerleFest, they’ve built a conscious fusion of the bluegrass and Appalachian music they came to America to […]
The musical range and versatility of vision the Kruger Brothers have brought to American music, from the bluegrass and Appalachian music they came to America to grow with, through their association with Doc Watson and Merlefest, to their building of […]
My wife and I have been attending bluegrass festivals for about 20 years now. We found the genre — its music, community, history, and people — late in life. But it became a signature part of our lives, as we […]
When you share a birthday with the great Earl Scruggs, and grow up in the mountains of East Tennessee, destiny may well be written in the stars. That’s the case with Johnson County’s Kody Norris, celebrating the 10th anniversary of […]
At the time of this February 1963 appearance at Boston’s Club 47, Doc Watson was a regional country and pop performer, but not yet the international exponent of traditional folk music he’d soon become. Folklorist Ralph Rinzler had started Watson […]
The plants may still be sleeping under the snowy ground, but there are plenty of releases bursting forth this month! Check out the slideshow for a look at the latest.
Whether it’s listed on the record label as Sittin’ or Sitting, this 1930 country blues number has become an American standard over the years, which was acknowledged in 2008 when it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Although […]
Now that Nashville has a successful Americana radio station in WMOT, I’ve been listening to the station while poking around the website. I was intriguged by a weekend show hosted by a musicologist and performing musician named Greg Reish. Bill Frater: Where and when […]
What I love about Tim O’Brien is his willingness to experiment and take chances with his albums. Where the River Meets the Road came out earlier this year and is his 16th solo release. Each of the tracks on the album is connected to […]
