Considering what a musical melting pot New York City is, its not remarkable that a promising bluegrass band like the Dixie Bee-Liners would assemble there. New York was actually where Kentucky native Brandi Hart first began performing the music of […]
When Tab Benoit discarded the piloting education his parents had financed, he wanted to reassure them he was a young man with artistic conviction and a good head on his shoulders. That was 1989, and he was 20. “They weren’t […]
Though the Blind Corn Liquor Pickers — four Kentucky natives who play mandolin, guitar, banjo and upright bass — fleetingly give the appearance of a traditional bluegrass band, the illusion is shattered as soon as they launch into the Talking […]
Journalists writing about Jackie Greene generally fixate on three main topics: his youth, his uncanny similarities to Bob Dylan, and the perceived bluesiness of his music. While it’s true that Greene released his first three albums before turning 25, and […]
Some of Grayson Capps’ songs are hard to believe. One listen will leave you wondering whether he’s a storyteller with one hell of an imagination, or someone who has lived an awfully colorful life, brushing up against the south’s most […]
The magical hour of 3 in the afternoon has rolled around, and now Precious Bryant is ready to do an interview, since she’s finished watching her soap operas, at least until 4 o’clock when “General Hospital” comes on. That she’s […]
