So much of the magic Buddy and Julie Miller make emanates from their charming Nashville home. Their latest album, Breakdown on 20th Ave. South, was recorded in their bedroom there, and Buddy’s downstairs studio (which you can tour here with […]
Of all the pleasure I may experience in writing about music, it is simply the joy of discovery and hearing something new that offers the greatest reward. Many hours of my day are filled with searching out curated playlists on […]
It’s a good year to be Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, probably even better than the short time they existed as a “supergroup” in 1969 and 1970. Andrew Slater’s film Echo in the Canyon recalls the heyday of the idyllic […]
Music is more than a jingle, more than a product. To committed composers, players, singers, and listeners, it’s an essential form of transmission for genuine feeling and ideas to the human spirit. For Lizz Wright, a magnificent vocalist whose rich […]
Podcasts have evolved into a focused format aimed at committed enthusiasts with time to listen, think, and explore the world of their music, offering more information and insight about the music than just recordings played for you to hear. For […]
When people think about words that describe bluegrass musicians, “worldly” doesn’t usually come to mind. But thanks to the widespread popularity of the genre, bluegrass brought Bill Monroe to Jerusalem, David Grier to South Africa, the Nashville Bluegrass Band to […]
It was billed as “Cash & Cooder on Cash: The Songs of Johnny Cash.” A short five-city tour, two now, the other three in this fall. I caught the first one at Ryman Auditorium, and fellow ND writer Henry Carrigan […]
While Buddy and Julie Miller recorded their new album, Breakdown on 20th Ave. South, in their bedroom, the studio in the downstairs of their Nashville home has been the site of countless fantastic recordings, including some from Robert Plant, Emmylou […]
I got my start as a music journalist covering the festival scene. In that job, I interviewed a lot of smaller-name artists who spoke about the things they did to their setlist to draw “walk up traffic” to their show. […]
A few weeks ago I wrote a column titled “The Aging of the Americana Music Audience,” and expressed concern that as baby boomers get older there may not be a younger crowd to replace them. This topic has been on […]
