With the Americana Music Festival and Conference just around the corner (or already in full swing, depending on when you read this column), it’s a good time to be a fan of roots music. Being focused as it is primarily […]
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Every year, thousands of independent artists take to crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter or IndieGoGo to skip the traditional label system and secure funding for a new album or tour from their fans. The trend has become so popular that even […]
MerleFest 2016 was bookended by something I had never experienced there before: car troubles. On Friday my battery died and on Sunday, after a full night of rain, I had a flat tire. While those inconveniences prevented me from catching […]
John Oates, Jason Crosby, James Nash and Niki Bluhm on one side of the Hillside Stage during the Eagles tribute that included nods to Prince and B.B. King.
The hillside at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, is nowhere you would ever go, were it not for the musical lineup that graces the stage at the bottom of the hill once a year for four days. It’s a […]
I just received a copy of John Oates new album which was followed by DVD of a TV special that ran on PBS. After listening to it a couple of times, one song really stands out. Hearing “Close,” I couldn’t help […]
The concept was simple: assemble a kick-ass band on a Nashville soundstage to knock down live versions of selections from John Oates’ well-received three-CD musical exploration from last year, Good Road to Follow (along with a few other chestnuts). It was a […]
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