There’s just something about the intersection of music and TV that can be magical when everything is just right. Think the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, or that Nirvana set on MTV’s “Unplugged.” Sturgill Simpson may have just launched himself onto […]
Sturgill Simpson graced the set of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend with two high energy performances. The outlaw country singer and his brass-heavy band played “Keep it Between the Lines” and “Call to Arms,” both cuts from his latest Grammy-nominated […]
There is nothing finer than Gillian Welch and David Rawlings at the Ryman – and no one I’d rather see there. Like the Ryman itself, one does not see or hear Welch and Rawlings; one experiences them. You come under their […]
We’ve heard from the ND readers, the ND staff, and yours truly on what we feel are the outstanding albums of the year. Now, we hear from from the ND photographers on what they found exciting or rewarding or just plain liked […]
What a year, right? I hesitate to dwell too much on world events in this space, other than to acknowledge that we have all experienced them, have all no doubt been rocked by them in one way or another. If […]
A grammatically challenged hacker gave us a jolt earlier this week with an attack on our site, but we were able to recover with a little help from our friends, and of course some good music and terrible banjo jokes […]
What a week for surprises! The Grammy nominations held a few, of course. We learned that, despite the fact Loretta Lynn toured with Willie Nelson a ton, she only recently tried weed. And we got some new music news from Hurray […]
When you enter the stage entrance at the Culture Center on the grounds of the State Capitol Complex in Charleston, West Virginia, where Mountain Stage calls home, you pass half a dozen or so poster boards on easels that list the date […]
Nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards have arrived with surprises in tow. Country troubadour and Waylon Jennings reincarnation, Sturgill Simpson, has nabbed a nom for Album of the Year alongside Drake, Justin Bieber, Beyonce, and Adele. I’m sure he’ll enjoy said company […]
A friend’s dad dies in his seventies. Another friend succumbs to cancer at the age of 37. Trump wins. Leonard Cohen passes away. The University of Washington Huskies lose their first game of the football season. I had jury duty […]
