Let’s cut right to the chase. Kurt Vonnegut once said that a good story should start as close to the end as possible. So here it is – The End, the take-home message, the down and dirty truth, the not-so-secret […]
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The term “Music Row” has two distinct definitions. When we say “Music Row” and raise our eyebrows, we are talking about the current mainstream country music business, which is rather like a song factory and has little basis in the […]
For those of you who are serious rockabilly and roots rock fans, if you aren’t already familiar with the band, let me introduce you to the Augsburg, Germany sextet Steve Train and His Bad Habits. This is the sort of […]
(Note: Thank you all for your responses. This contest is now closed.) It could be argued that Old Crow Medicine Show’s song “Wagon Wheel” is one of the most frequently covered songs of the millennial folk and roots music boom. […]
We lost two great men who were also great guitar players recently – George Shuffler and James Shelton. They were friends, and both played the cross-picking style of lead guitar which was vital to the sound of the Stanley Brothers […]
It was a bittersweet event. We had third row seats to the show at Lisner Auditorium but we were still sad. You see, we loved Little Feat in the D.C. area. I mean really loved that band. The band knew […]
“They say a neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. And a psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent.” – Jerome Lawrence I would add that a […]
Despite being a regular reader of ND, I have to confess I don’t read everything. So the review of Hannah Aldridge’s album Razor Wire, a couple of months back, passed me by (I’m now ashamed to admit). My wife and […]
Hayes Carll and Bob Schneider are both hirsute troubadours who live in Austin, Tex. They each have sons who are approaching middle school age, and have wryly — but accurately — dubbed their current co-headlining jaunt The World’s Greatest Living […]
Setting the tone and taking the stage to Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough,” The Shadowboxers looked as sharp as they sounded last night at Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley. Kicking off the evening with the soulful harmonies and smooth […]
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