The 17th annual Americana Awards and Honors show felt a little different this year; maybe it was the trouble with the mics that plagued the show from the beginning, or maybe it was the absence of Mr. Americana, Jim Lauderdale, […]
The 17th annual Americana Awards and Honors show felt a little different this year; maybe it was the trouble with the mics that plagued the show from the beginning, or maybe it was the absence of Mr. Americana, Jim Lauderdale, […]
Now I understand what all the buzz is about. The Green River Festival has been heralded as one of “the” summer festivals to attend by major media sources like Rolling Stone and USA Today. I haven’t had the opportunity to […]
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 […]
I had the absolute pleasure of attending the LAMPEDUSA: Concert For Refugees the other night. Not only was it a great night of music but it also was for a really great cause. The tour put together by Patty Griffin […]
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 […]
A number of people have walked off to look for America. Some have even taken a horse drawn stage from Monterey. The Milk Carton Kids might be here to remind us that America is harder than ever to find, but […]
Just as the NBA season can be a grueling grind, so can a musician’s tour of being on the road, traveling by bus from town to town. Wednesday night both worlds collided as The Milk Carton Kids tour came to […]
This week we begin doing something new. Well, two things. This will be my first column devoted exclusively to a music festival — Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Scotland — and the first time a single photographer, Carol Graham, is featured. […]
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