Julie Christensen bowed deeply to the standing-room-only crowd at The Family Wash, a venerable East Nashville music venue, as her band, Stone Cupid, kicked into a full-bore jam. She blew a two-handed kiss to the audience, exited stage left, and […]
There is nothing like a good road trip to a music festival. When the calendar turns to September, it’s time for the annual pilgrimage to Nashville for The Americana Music Association week of festivities. Departing Akron with my partner in crime Dale Elwell, […]
Kevin Gordon has long been considered one of Nashville’s best kept secrets, but his is a secret that needs to be told. He has produced a string of critically acclaimed albums and had songs covered by Todd Snider, Irma Thomas, Keith […]
In Louisiana, the summers are hot and sticky, the food is rich and spicy, and the living is free and easy. Kevin Gordon grew up in Louisiana and has spent much of his adult life immersed in the culture and […]
Have you ever driven on a lazy afternoon down some asphalt-cracked state route and gone through an aging, run-down town? Then you’ve lived a Kevin Gordon song. It’s a place where “mud colored dogs [are] guarding shotgun shacks” and a […]
All right, I’ll confess. The first time I put this disc in the player, I became one of those self-righteous whiners and thought to myself, “In a perfect world, Nashville would put records like this all over the radio, sell […]
