Does anybody remember the TV and radio ads for Yahoo’s search engines? Well, the guy who did the “Ya-hoo” was the artist in today’s Radio Friendly spotlight, Wylie Gustufson. His fine new album, 2000 Miles from Nashville, includes two Nick Lowe covers. […]
Paul Burch is one of those artists who I love because he brings a unique sound and perspective to everything he records. Whether he honors Southern soul, Buddy Holly, or, most recently on Meridian Rising, imagines a musical autobiography from the perspective of Jimmie Rodgers, […]
NIGHT 1 of 5 Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016 On any given night, Nashville can an embarrassment of riches when it comes to entertainment options. And this week AmericanaFest compounds that “problem” for fans of roots-rooted music. Take opening night for […]
Paul Burch’s semi-fictional autobiography of Jimmie Rodgers isn’t nostalgic, it’s of a piece with the era it essays. His song cycle captures Rodgers’ times in a long-form album that is, in today’s per-track streaming world, its own throwback. Burch knits […]
Billed by Paul Burch as “an imagined autobiography” of legendary 1920s singer/songwriter Jimmie Rodgers, the marvelous Meridian Rising opens with a clarinet-spiced ode to the Singing Brakeman’s hometown of Meridian, Mississippi, and ends an hour later with the infectious “Back […]
Forty years ago, the streets of Nashville looked much like the streets of New York City, and the city planners of Music City, faced with the phenomenon that so affectionately became known as “urban decay,” decided to follow the lead […]
In the past five years, multi-instrumentalist Paul Burch has served as musical consultant for the PBS series The Appalachians and released two albums — one of which, Last Of My Kind, was not only among the most seamless efforts of […]
Paul Burch’s latest is a compassionate study of the country swing groove, its twelve tracks chronicling the enduring truths of love and loss to rhythms tuned to Nashville’s hidden heart. Burch also continues to carve out his own artistic niche […]
