Once upon a time, around the middle of the 20th century, there was music in the mountains that run from Georgia up through the Carolinas, into Kentucky and beyond – a high and lonesome sound that reflected the lives of […]
The hugely popular and successful Transatlantic Sessions returned to London for their 6th annual sold out show at the prestigious Royal Festival Hall. Originating many years ago as a series on BBC TV the collective fuses Celtic and North American musical […]
Johnny Winter with the McCoys at Reading University (UK) was the first time that the hairs on the back of my neck stood up whilst watching a live gig. What a feeling, what a gig. Goose bumps were first noticed on […]
Alchemy, the mythical chemistry by which base elements were transmuted into gold, is a common practice in Virginia. In fact, on any given night at The Birchmere, it happens live on stage, in one of the nation’s most historic venues. […]
Dobro master Jerry Douglas has switched labels, but he’s sticking with his penchant for recording solo projects that are mostly bluegrass-free. As with Restless On The Farm (Sugar Hill, 1998), Douglas also features a slew of guest artists, which gives […]
If you think of the dobro, you think of Jerry Douglas. Anyone who picks up the instrument follows the many-forked trail he’s laid down at least since his 1978 solo album Fluxology. For his latest record, Douglas surrounds himself with […]
Simply because the dobro and the banjo have traditionally been employed in country settings does not mean thats all theyre good for. Bourbon Rosewater has the distinction of being the only disc in memory dedicated both to Bill Monroe and […]
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