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I first met John Lilly soon after he became the editor of "Goldenseal," the magazine of West Virginia traditional life. But our first substantive conversation did not occur until I discovered that we both have a love of Hank Williams. John's first annual Hank Williams Tribute concert (which has become a staple of the state's music scene that was reviewed in this magazine on January 15, 2010 and it's next incarnation is scheduled for January 7, 2012) on the 50th anniversary…
ContinuePosted on December 29, 2011 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments
The Civil Wars are certainly civil compared to The Tall Pines, who harbor twang, moonshine and sass in equal parts. They do not fear to tread where more tender souls would be burned to a crisp.
Lead by Christmas Davis on steel string guitar and Connie Lynn Petruk on alligator-skin suitcase percussion, their new EP, written at the Davis, West Virginia home and originally recorded for an acoustic demo in Brooklyn, the ‘Hell Hounds’ EP (November 1, MMAM Records) is a…
ContinuePosted on November 1, 2011 at 4:00am
That duo turned out to be Gillian Welch and…
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:30pm — 7 Comments
While there may be no depression in heaven, there are many hearts of darkness in the music of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.
As we hit Charlottesville, Virginia for our second of several stops on the East Coast leg of the tour that ends on December 1 at the Ryman, there was, fittingly it seemed, a Mennonite choir singing hymns on the downtown plaza. Men in their khakis and women in their colorful dresses and bonnets contrasted with the students,…
ContinuePosted on August 19, 2011 at 3:30pm
Hi,
What an exciting evening!
It was a pleasure meeting you at the Elysian Fields show on Friday. The pictures are beautiful! All best, Karen
hey...just wanted to ask how sonny landreth was at merlefest. odd pairing, and although i have known sonny since 1981, i was wondering what the crowd's reaction was. and yours?
hilary
Hi Amos
As a featured contributor to No Depression, I’m particularly keen on getting your feedback for the following – Please forgive the intrusion if you don’t have the time or inclination to reply.
I’ve posted the following to the No Depression discussion board – you can either respond there or alternatively drop me a line at shatchsurvey1@yahoo.co.uk
Thanks very much for your time
Kind regards,
Steve
My name is Steve Hatch and I’m currently conducting research for my Master’s in Songwriting at Bath Spa University in Bath, England (though I happen to be an ex-pat Georgia boy). I would be extremely grateful if you could find the time to listen to the track (link below) and answer the 2 accompanying questions. The more detail, the better of course (more to say in my final analysis) – but all feedback will be useful and very much appreciated.
Sadly, as this is an academic pursuit, there is a deadline. Please reply by May 20th if at all possible so that I can have time to chew over your response and include it in my final write-up.
The track: http://soundcloud.com/stevehatch
1) Which artist/band(s) would you say the track is most similar to and why?
2) Which genre(s) would you say the track belongs to and why?
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