As we embark on the music festival season with MerleFest this weekend, it’s a good time to look back to that time 50 years ago when hundreds of thousands came together for a weekend of peace and love on Yasgur’s […]
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When Randy Travis released his breakthrough album, Storms of Life, in 1986, he had no idea how many of those storms he’d have to weather over the next 30 years of his own life. In his new autobiography, Forever and […]
Texas roots singer-songwriter Joey McGee loves a good story, and he’s thrilled when he can put a good story to music. When he’s not letting an idea for a new song percolate in his mind, McGee’s reading a good book […]
When Wanda Jackson announced her retirement from performing last week, the First Lady of Rock and Roll and the Queen of Rockabilly left us all a bit sad. Her energetic performances, her fiery songwriting, and her dynamic stage shows turned […]
Over the past decade, Nashville has become almost unrecognizable to anyone who’s been there a while. New apartment buildings spring up every day, and mammoth hotels break ground even as older buildings are imploded across town. Music Row, that venerable […]
Even though I started listening to Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, The Isley Brothers, The Toys, Clarence Carter, The Beatles, Herman’s Hermits, The Dave Clark Five, Paul Revere and the Raiders — all much to the chagrin of my parents […]
On Nov. 7, 2018, Joni Mitchell turned 75, and artists including Emmylou Harris, Brandi Carlile, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, Seal, Graham Nash, James Taylor, and Kris Kristofferson feted her at a pair of sold-out shows at The Music Center’s Dorothy […]
Although John Hartford might have been best known by the larger public as a banjo player, especially through his appearances on The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, his fans remember him as a fiddler, preserving […]
At the 2017 Grammy Awards, A Tribe Called Quest delivered an unforgettable performance during what had been an otherwise dreary show. Joined onstage by Busta Rhymes, Consequence, and Anderson .Paak, the Tribe wasted no time in reminding the audience of […]
Award-winning journalist Hal Crowther deserves to be better known, or at least more widely known. He certainly made a name for himself in the South, where his work has appeared regularly in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Oxford American, and Independent […]
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