Hot on the heels of Fairport Convention’s recent seven disc set, Acoustic Classics II release date August 11, is another dip into the rich recording history of one of the band’s most distinguished alumni, Richard Thompson. Both are worthy additions to […]
Here’s a podcast on the recent Americana Music Association UK Awards show in London earlier this month. Included in the podcast are songs by Lewis and Leigh, Sam Outlaw, Jim Lauderdale and Steepways. Please feel free to share your feedback in the comments […]
It may not be in quite the same league as the way young Brits like The Rolling Stones and Cream re-introduced Americans to their own blues heritage back in the Sixties and Seventies, but is the UK now exporting Americana […]
I’m always open to interviewing DJs, artists, and other industry types. This week, thanks to a suggestion from Compass Records’ Christina Dunkley, we have our first SiriusXM DJ. Please feel free to contact me with any suggestions you may have. Bill […]
As I’m writing this week’s edition of Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week, it is New Year’s Day, 2017. It’s a time to not only look back at the year past, but to look forward to the blank slate that is […]
Richard Thompson has recently graced the Hudson Valley with his summer songwriting and acoustic guitar camp, Frets and Refrains. Now in its fifth wildly successful year, Frets and Refrains welcomed to the ranks of instructors this time around a man who is, […]
On the Friday night before the long July Fourth holiday weekend, I drove alone in my car beneath a dark, threatening sky. As I approached the turnoff to the hamlet of Chappaqua, New York, home of Bill and Hillary Clinton, the […]
Though Dreamcatcher Events have been putting on their awesome musical getaways for five years now, I only recently learned about them. Which means I’ve missed out on a lot of supercool opportunities already, but now that I know … you […]
Scholarships are still available for this year’s Frets and Refrains, Richard Thompson’s songwriting and guitar camp, held at Blue Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY (about 40 minutes from Woodstock). Dates this year are July 11 – 15, 2016. They […]
On the last night of Cayamo 2015 it was a wrap for the Buddy Miller and Friends: Cayamo Sessions At Sea. Everyone went over to the Shawn Colvin and Friends show after the recordings were complete in the Stardust theater.
