By the numbers: 20 CDs featuring more than 167 acts performing more than 500 songs, clocking in at more than 25 hours of recordings packaged in a heavy-duty box with a deeply detailed and spectacularly illustrated 224 page book, altogether […]
In 1925, the Grand Ole Opry started up a radio program from Nashville that allowed the rural community access to some of their favorite string pullin’, family harmonizin’, good ol’ boys and girls, filling the air waves with all the […]
Country/roots historical release of the year? Sure—and maybe of the decade. As I mentioned in a recent review of Woody Guthrie: The Tribute Concerts, Germany’s Bear Family label is renowned for its over-the-top archival box sets. You may practically have […]
