Before the avalanche of big fall books slides over us, let’s take a moment to reflect on the best books of the year so far. Winter and spring are traditionally not big seasons for publishers, but there have been a […]
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Country music in America has long marketed towards and embodied an eclectic blend of common folk: typically, southern, lower-class, God-fearing, hard-working, blue-collar white men, found in Appalachian homes and hollers scattered well beneath the Mason-Dixon line. From the earliest decades […]
I am late, perhaps, to this party, but thanks to Paul Brady for the link to a version of a favorite song I’ve never seen before. Patsy Cline sings “Walkin’ After Midnight” in a film clip dated 1957. Virginia […]
I introduced myself to Greg Vandy at this year’s Americana Music Conference in Nashville, back in September. I knew he was cool because I saw him at all the good shows over the week and then at Arnold’s “meat & three” Country Kitchen. […]
Michael Timmins sees the newest Cowboy Junkies album, Notes Falling Slow, as “a nice stepping stone to whatever our next recording project will be.” The four-disc Notes Falling Slow, released in October, follows 2012’s wonderful five-disc box set, The Nomad […]
Back when I was commuting every day, along the 50 miles that stretch between Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Harrisburg, my morning drives began at 5:30 a.m. First thing I did when I hit the highway was turn on the radio to […]
Cole Porter was born 124 years ago this week. There’s no love song finer But how strange The change From major to minor Ev’ry time we say goodbye. The strange change from major to minor runs throughout Cole Porter’s […]
Here’s a nice treat for those of us who thought we had everything by the former Virginia Hensley of Winchester, Virginia. The mavericks at Razor & Tie have compiled Patsy Cline’s complete appearances on “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts” television program […]
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