Ryan Adams took the stage at the 2016 Telluride Bluegrass Festival flanked by a full bluegrass band that turned out to be the Infamous Stringdusters featuring Nicki Bluhm. Most in the audience were surprised, since the festival program billed the […]
Ali Holder’s music has been described as a combination of Lucinda Williams and Ryan Adams, and the Austin-based singer-songwriter doesn’t disagree. “I grew up listening to Janis Joplin and Willie Nelson, and they were really my first influences in music,” […]
Jason Samuel is a regular attendee at the Americana Music Association Conference in Nashville every year. When I’ve seen him there, I’ve always appreciated his enthusiasm for the music and for radio. Bill Frater: Where and when did you start in […]
The folks at Planet Bluegrass made their final lineup announcements for this year’s Telluride Bluegrass Festival today. Once again (this will be #43) we’ll be treated to “Telluride Bluegrass”, that self-defining non-genre tied to newgrass, but including everything from rock to old-school bluegrass. […]
1 The Orpheus myth offers a fertile metaphor on the relationship between inspiration and creative maturity. Anne Wroe writes in The Daily Beast: Orpheus … contains within himself two sides of the poetic character. … Traditionally, Orpheus was first a […]
I wish I could be a music critic or a concert photographer. I love capturing live events with a camera and think I’m pretty decent at it, but I don’t think I’d make a good critic. I know what I […]
Some good new stuff this week, so here are a few highlights: Steve Martin & Edie Brickell So Familiar Everybody loves Steve Martin, with his nice suits, banjo, and his half-smirk of a smile. And, with that unique, breathy voice […]
Do you trust Taylor Swift when she cites Ryan Adams as “one of the artists who shaped my songwriting”? Do you trust Adams when he tells you his impetus for embarking upon a song-by-song cover album of Swift’s 1989 was […]
Today one of the more anticipated albums hit the internet, Ryan Adams’ 1989. Like a crack dealer luring in future customers, Ryan Adams has been teasing listeners for weeks with bits and pieces of his take on Taylor Swift’s album […]
Ryan Adams 4/21/15 Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
