"I've worked a booth at LEAF for a few years now, and you're right, Kim, the music - while always incredible and comprising all sorts of genres - is not the primary focus. When people ask me, I usually answer that "LEAF is really…"
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Spring awakening: Mavis Staples and the dancing children of LEAF
The Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) is one of the most anticipated arts events in Western North Carolina each year. People who camp have been doing so for years, in the same spot they first picked out a decade ago. People who drive in come from just about every nook and cranny between Asheville and Knoxville, down to Greenville, probably even up to Abingdon. They throw on something made of hemp, delight in local…
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 6:00am — 2 Comments
Shovels + Rope, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller top Americana Awards Nominees
Each autumn, the Americana Music Association (AMA) gathers in Nashville for a conference and festival to celebrate the incredible music which has been made in the past year. The event kicks off with an awards show aimed at recognizing the artists and albums that have most stirred the Americana community. When all this goes down this year, newcomer husband and wife duo Shovels + Rope will lead the field with four nominations,…
Posted on May 14, 2013 at 11:59am — 10 Comments
"I have kind of a Texas attitude" - Talking with Kenny Roby about music and change
A few weeks ago on this site, we offered a free preview stream of the new disc from Kenny Roby - an artist most folks know from his old band 6 String Drag. That North Carolina-based alt-country troupe was loud and raw, embodying so many of the characteristics of the early alt-country movement which inspired the creation of the No Depression magazine. (Note Peter Blackstock's review from…
Posted on May 1, 2013 at 8:30am — 1 Comment
All about me
I'm writing a book about Zilphia Horton - the small-town Tennessee music teacher from the 1930s-'50s who influenced Pete Seeger and Rosa Parks, fueled the labor and civil rights movements with music, and gave us universal anthems of empowerment like "This Little Light of Mine" and "We Shall Overcome." Learn more.
After studying classical music my whole life, I spent eight or nine years moving around the country, hopping from music scene to music scene, touring, and trying to make a living as a singer-songwriter. Then, in 2003, after a very long and fascinating ride on a Greyhound bus, I moved to Seattle and decided to try writing about the music I play and have grown to love.
In addition to managing this community site for No Depression, I'm the About.com Guide to Folk Music. I was, from Feb-Oct 2008, Editor of Seattlest. My work has appeared in Billboard, at Rollingstone.com, NPR.org, in Seattle and CityArts magazines, The Mountain XPress, and a handful of other publications.
If anything on this site seems out of wack, confusing, wrong, or missing, please let me know. And, if you have any ideas about how we can make this community better, I'm always open to those.
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- At 10:24am on January 14, 2013,
olds sleeper said… you may find me to actually be a gentleman at heart.
- At 4:50pm on April 19, 2012,
Kurt Mahoney said… Hey Kim,
Watched the video-got me cryin' in the damn library....
It's really a sad day. So many passings...every week it seems. This one hurts.
I saw Levon with the (post-Robbie) Band two or three times...also saw him with some version of the RCO All-Stars in the 70's.
The last time I saw him was with the little blues band he had before he was singing again-rockin' blues band! They came out here to the West Coast, and I also got to meet him that night. So many times you meet your 'heroes' and you wish you hadn't. Not so with Levon.
He was the sweetest, kindest, most gentle and authentic soul. I had my picture taken with him that night and hoped one day to have it autographed. So much for that.
I so badly wish I could've seen one of the Barn Dances, but wrong coast, wrong time...
He's gone from us too soon, and the universe is mourning.
Peace,
Kurt Mahoney
- At 9:54am on November 21, 2011,
ron sutton said… Awesome page Kim, very informative, great job!
- At 5:51am on October 18, 2011,
Steven McGann said… Kim,
Thanks for the video of Tim Easton. I manage him as well as Lydia Loveless and some others. Hope we can stay in touch about more events in the future.
Best
Steve McGann
westgatemgmt@gmail.com
- At 11:18pm on July 8, 2011,
JoeRay Skrha said… Dear Kim,
Thankyou for your assistance. Sincerely, Joe Ray
- At 4:24am on April 27, 2011,
Steve Hatch said… Hi Kim
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?
- At 9:35pm on February 24, 2011,
raina rose said…
Hi Kim!
I *just* saw your post from 2009 about a live artist chat! I'm definitely interested if you still are.hope you are super well
xoxo
rr
- At 6:43pm on January 16, 2011,
Peewee Moore said… Hey Kim thanks for being a friend. I'm a Touring Independent Austin Texas Outlaw Honkytonker that needs your support! I'm always looking for new places to play so please let me know if you know of any. I have a Critically Acclaimed CD "The Leaving Side Of Gone" available at www.cdbaby.com/cd/peeweemoore and my next tour kicks off February 2nd and hits locations in TX, NM, AZ, CA, NV. Be sure to spread the word if you know anybody in those states. My official website is www.peeweemoore.com I hope to see you around!
-Peewee Moore
Sole Honorable Mention Best Album Of The Year 2009 -Chattanooga Times Free Press
www.savingcountrymusic.com Essential Albums of 2010 List
"If I were to trace the genealogy of the country music Outlaw, it would start with Bobby Bare, roll through Willie & Waylon and that whole gang, follow Cash through the late 90′s, and end up in the country music underground with people like Peewee Moore as possibly the perfect example of the Outlaw lineage in the present day"
-Kyle Coroneos, www.savingcountrymusic.com
- At 5:16pm on October 25, 2010, Daniel said…
- Hi Kim. I saw your piece on Phil Ochs and am hoping you or someone out there can help me. I want to write a foreign language adaptation of two of Phils songs and have no idea hiw to find out about copyright issues. I am a therapist, not looking to make big bucks. Hope you can help. Thanks
- At 8:48am on October 9, 2010,
Hymn For Her said… - hey kim,
nice 2 meet you too. hope we see you in asheville sometime this year. i put our videos up here. think i did it right. H4H
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