When I talked with Bill Frisell this summer, he was still piecing together the melodic ideas and snippets that he will cohere into a solid composition for a premiere this November 12 at the Strand Theater in San Francisco. The […]
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It’s been nearly 30 years since Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt got together to release their original Trio record, in 1987, and the music still holds up beautifully. Here are three women who have weathered every passing trend […]
Jon Herington is a longtime New York city based guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer, and bandleader. He is the leader of the Jon Herington Band and has been the guitarist of choice with the iconic band Steely Dan for both recording and […]
The weather is cooling a bit, the stages are going up, the kegs of FreshGrass IPA are being rolled in, and the banjos will soon be tuned. Yes, it’s time again for the FreshGrass Festival. This will be my third […]
Most of the time, our Friday release day spotlight falls on artists who fit squarely within the scope of stereotypical “American roots music.” This week, we’re lifting up a handful of albums that deliver the unexpected. While North Carolina’s Chatham […]
The soaring, seething opening track from Lydia Loveless’s new album Real, out now on CD, vinyl LP, and digital. “‘Same To You’ perfectly captures the heartbreaking crisis you have when you don’t know if you love someone with all your […]
The phrase “Appalachian roots music” may call to mind a robust fiddle sound and danceable mountain rhythms, but there’s more to this region’s musical tradition than just that. Asheville-based River Whyless taps into other areas with their latest, and you […]
Considered Austin, Texas’ official musical spokesman, Dale Watson has built a worldwide legion of fans one gig at a time, from Texas honky-tonks to Tokyo performance halls and all points in between. With his upcoming album, Live at the Big […]
This week, we’re turning the spotlight on a handful of singer-songwriters who are delivering some truly stirring work. First up is John Paul White, who hails from the fertile musical landscape of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Probably best known (until now) […]
It rained all afternoon in Asheville last Friday, just as it’s rained almost every afternoon all summer. Global warming, it seems, is turning our little mountain town into a subtropical valley in the Smokies. As the minutes crept toward 8 […]
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