While watching the Golden Globes a few weeks ago, I was reminded of The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle, a book I read for a college course. It’s a good read for pretty much anyone who has ever tried to […]
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In the upper left corner of California, what they call the Lost Coast, there’s a commercial radio station called KHUM that has very eclectic playlist. They call themselves “Radio without the Rules,” and one of their feature shows is The […]
Several years ago, a series of IBMA seminars highlighted the problems encountered by women musicians on the road. I thought I’d take a look at how the climate may have changed, or not, since then through the experiences of several […]
To say Molly Tuttle has been busy in 2017 would be an understatement. The songwriter and virtuosic musician released a new EP, Rise, in June and made history when she became the first woman to win IBMA’s Guitar Player of […]
It seems that while many of us have been focused on the rough and rowdy portion of roots music, there has been a revolution in bluegrass that is just as significant as the one in the early 1970s. Diversity is […]
This year’s IBMA World of Bluegrass was exciting and engaging from start to finish, with varied and exciting performances, wonderful vignettes, and changes galore. The success of World of Bluegrass and Wide Open bluegrass depends on the partnership between the […]
Recently I wrote a review of Holly Gleason’s marvelous new book, Woman Walk the Line, a collection of essays written by 27 highly accomplished women writing about 27 female country artists. These fairly compact essays vividly present the the impact the performers’ music and […]
With so much to cover and absorb this year, and with a certain amount of sensory overload, not to mention lack of sleep, I have had a bit of writer’s block, so please bear with me. It was an amazing […]
Bluegrass is a musical genre that grew out of white working-class America. It embodies the values and concerns of the people who formed many of the strengths of work, family, and faith that have been features of the American experiment. […]
Zeb Snyder emerged as a fresh guitar talent about a decade ago playing with the Snyder Family Band, consisting of his younger sister Samantha on fiddle, and his father, Bud, playing bass. I first remember seeing him at a now-defunct autumn […]
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