2009 treated me pretty damn swell, so here’s a laundry list of some of the highs: I spent 22 of the first 26 weeks of 2009 on the road Played 107 shows Slept in 137 beds, 2 airports and 6 […]
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BELLADRUM HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR FOUR FESTIVAL OSCARS – VOTE FOR US NOW AND WIN TICKETS! Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival has been nominated in four categories of the national UK Festival Awards 2009 : Family Festival Award, The Grass Roots […]
The 12th Annual Gram Parsons Guitar Pull and Tribute Festival was a success just by virtue of the fact that it was supposed to rain torrents; but didn’t!! I overheard one spectator remark, “Ol’ Gram’s got his foot down on […]
Yesterday, on the plane back to Seattle from Nashville, I sat next to a woman who was also returning home from a conference. She asked what conference I’d been to. “The Americana Music Association,” I told her. “What kind of […]
A frenetic few weeks for folk Yonder Mountain String Band By MARTY CLEAR Correspondent Published: Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 10:23 a.m. “Listen Up” is a monthly look at releases that […]
Labor Day Weekend – September 4th – 6th 10 miles Southeast of Berea, Kentucky 2009 Telluride Troubador – Mitch Barrett will be performing at this years festival. From Folk to Hip-Hop, spoken word to theater, there’s also the Clear Creek […]
The 19th Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, Colorado, concluded with a blend of down-under blues, home-on-the-strange weirdness, feel-good funk rock and back-to-the basics traditionalism with roots royalty. Here’s a look at highlights and the final four acts, each lasting […]
Interpreting other folk’s songs has taken Madeleine Peyroux on an adventurous road that covers miles of styles. Covering artists as diverse as Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams and Patsy Cline since her first album was […]
“Congratulations to 2009 Telluride Troubadour winner Mitch Barrett. Mitch’s performance of his song “Drop in the Bucket” on Saturday evening – with special guests Sam Bush and backup vocals from all the Troubadour finalists – was one of those unforgettable […]
We were fortunate enough to be sitting beside Jim Bennett at the No Depression Music Festival, who was on site taking photos of the event for the Seattle Weekly. Fortunate in a number of respects: first, because he recognized that […]
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