Jason Isbell has just received four Americana Music Association Award nominations but he needs at least one more — an award for cool. Like everyone else, Isbell has had his ups and downs. The problem, of course, is that famous […]
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Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit scored big today, earning four nominations from the Americana Music Association for their album Here We Rest. Indeed, during a ceremony streamed live from the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles today, actor John C. […]
I’m finally here! Entertainment at Wakarusa 2012 officially starts today, and things are busy up here on Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Arkansas. It feels great to be back at the pristine campgrounds as the festival patrons pour in from all […]
Dougie MacLean, the great Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, tweeted this morning on news of Doc Watson’s death that he had once spent a month with the Watson family in the 1970s. Intrigued, I contacted him via his web site and was sent this this […]
SUNSET COWBOYS: KINKY FRIEDMAN & BOB DYLAN—A BURRITO FIESTA ON SUNSET STRIPBy Bill Conrad Who rents an apartment nine floors above the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, throws a house-warming fiesta that attracts stars of music and screen, then vacates […]
“So here I am on my stool tonight Yeah, I’m practicing for the afterlife, Cause when I’m nothing but a pile of bones I’m gonna come back as a country song.” “I meet a lot of teenagers,” Alan Jackson says. […]
In the week after his 71st birthday, Bob Dylan receives the Medal of Freedom from President Obama. This is apparently the highest civilain award in the US, for those who have made “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or […]
By now, you’ve probably heard music legend Arthel “Doc” Watson died last night at the age of 89. He was surrounded by friends and family near his home in North Carolina. I’ve been trying to think of how best to […]
Q: “Everybody Wants to Say I Do” tackles the sensitive topic of marriage equality. How do you think mainstream country audiences will react to it? Brian Woodbury [songwriter/producer]: That remains to be seen. Rob Shapiro [singer/frontman]: I’m going to say […]
There ain’t no more from where you came from. Doc ‘s music wasn’t easily categorized. It wasn’t bluegrass, or old-timey, or blues but it had a little of all of those elements in it. I guess you could call it […]
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