The SteelDrivers Singer and guitarist Chris Stapleton comes off like a hell-raising Ronnie Hawkins-style good-ol’-boy, a fella schooled on equal parts rock and country, who wears his hair down to his nipples and the same jeans every day for three […]
Works Progress Administration WPA are a supergroup featuring Sara and Sean Watkins, Luke Bulla, Glenn Phillips, Benmont Tench, Pete Thomas and others. With such first-rate players, you know they sounded terrific on stage. They’ve recorded a soon-to-be-released record together, and […]
My loyal photographer, Shane, has been chronicling the tarp run each morning. The tarp run is a big deal here. By the time the gates open in the morning, hundreds of people are in line ready for the great land […]
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rythym Revue The Sunday morning gospel show is important. After several nights of hard revelry, especially last night, penance feels appropriate. It’s the sort of penance that comes in the form of bloody marys and […]
FREE PASTOR MUSTARD!! Look, I have no inside scoop here, so I can’t comment on why, after 27 years, Pastor Mustard was suddenly yanked from his emcee duties, but I stand among the teeming throng that is sorely disappointed by […]
Urf. Good morning from Telluride. Happy Father’s Day. Shane and I made it to the end of the music again last night—that’s three nights in a row now—a new Telluride record. The band was Gaelic Storm, a group of Irish […]
Gaelic Storm Irish dance blowout. So fun. What a party. It’s midnight here. I’ll report on this band in the morning. Good night from Telluride.
Sam Bush Band Sam Bush, who you’ll be glad to hear has been growing his hair out again, has been playing an electrifying set tonight. Jerry Douglas is onstage, as is Emmylou Harris, and Sam’s Band, featuring Scott Vestal on […]
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson Shanebers are a cute couple. He’s the reticent, scruffy one. She’s loquacious and all dolled up tonight like Isis (although my brother leaned over and said that she looked like Keith Richards. He, however, also […]
I forgot to include a photo of Yonder–I don’t want to break my perfect streak. They were great, by the way, in addition to driving the crowd ballistic. Here’s a photo from the show’s best moment–Sam Bush walked out and […]
