East Tennessee’s WDVX is one of the shining stars in the Americana radio world. I believe much of their success is due to keeping it local by presenting live music every day at noon in downtown Knoxville on their popular Blue […]
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This is the first time on this column that we’ve featured a manager and/or a label owner, and I can’t think of a better person to feature than Dolph Ramseur from North Carolina’s Ramseur Records. Around 2003, he approached the Avett […]
I’m always on the lookout for new rootsy DJs, especially non-US ones, and I check the playlists on TwangDJ’s Yahoo Group to see what others are playing. This week, we have a reguar TwangDJ contributor from up north in Canada. […]
Something very exciting is happening in central Georgia, with Macon’s “The Creek” joining the group of full-time Americana roots-based radio stations. I love that they broadcast from downtown Macon. They are very community-based and their sound honors the South. Here’s a […]
Karen Miller, host of The Miller Tells Her Tale podcast and Now That’s Americana on CMR Nashville, was one of the first music podcasters I heard and I always admired her passion, as well as her Scottish accent. Now we get to find out about her […]
After over 20 years of consistantly excellent albums, Slaid Cleaves comes full circle with the release of Ghost on the Car Radio, on his own Candy House Media label. In a preview, Joseph Hudak of Rolling Stone called Cleaves “a master […]
This week’s DJ is another Northern Californian, more specifically from the heart of Silicon Valley, Joe Hnilo. I have this vision of a bunch of Google or Apple nerds tapping their toes to some bluegrass while they invent the next […]
It’s time again to look at some of the people behind the scenes of radio. Lindsay Reid is promo guy for the highly respected company Thirty Tigers, which does marketing, promotion, and management for some of the best artists around. What got […]
Although Napa Valley used to be known as the place for fine wines, there are now grape-growing regions all over the US. Just west of Napa is the picturesque Sonoma Valley, where we find a small community radio station, KSVY, where Timothy […]
This is the third DJ we’ve interviewed from St. Louis’s fiercely independent KDHX. I am impressed by their programming and community involvement. Kelly Wells is not only a host but also a staff member, and has a country-folk band with […]
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