The world is pretty scary these days, but The Secret Sisters are here to comfort on Mind, Man, Medicine. Reaching out to family, friends, and complete strangers — aka you, the listener — Alabama-bred siblings Laura Rogers and Lydia Slagle […]
Sibling harmonies: Is there anything finer? From The Everly Brothers back then to Lily & Madeleine or Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer today, this graceful blending of voices can feel like magical rapture. And few cast a more powerful spell […]
A highlight of my musical year for nearly a decade has been the Transatlantic Sessions, the series of shows put together by Jerry Douglas and Aly Bain. Each year they and their house band are joined by a select group […]
Transatlantic Sessions, with Jerry Douglas
The nominees for this year’s Album of The Year have been selected and it’s a mix of new gunslingers, old war horses, and favorite native sons and daughters. The back story has always played a role in the decision process […]
This photograph from was shot by Steven Steigman in 1978 and was used in a series of advertisements for Maxell cassette tapes, back in an era when people had use for such things. It crossed my mind the other day […]
This summer is starting out hot in more ways than one. As the sidewalks sizzle outside, our ears are being treated to some hot new tunes from some of roots music’s favorite artists. Jason Isbell and Steve Earle are wowing […]
The Secret Sisters, much like the characters in some of their songs, know a thing or two about surviving. After a meteoric debut in 2010 shepherded by the likes of Dave Cobb and T Bone Burnett and heaps of praise […]
Not even an all-day rain could dampen the spirits of The Secret Sisters as the church bus rolled into Cleveland’s Music Box Supper Club for wonderful night of entertainment Thursday evening. The audience was given a fair warning that they […]
How many drops of rain roll off of how many window panes Down to a valley low where a river like me begins to grow I sing a mournful song as I rush and ramble along Oh di oh di […]
