Songwriter Sara Rachele worked in rock and folk clubs for many years, so she says it’s sometimes difficult “to really get into” other performers’ shows. But that wasn’t the case at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, on July […]
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As I began looking though the photos from our outstanding photographers, for this week’s column, I noticed a dominance of women artists. That got me to thinking about how every couple of years the music media likes to name a […]
Jason Samuel is a regular attendee at the Americana Music Association Conference in Nashville every year. When I’ve seen him there, I’ve always appreciated his enthusiasm for the music and for radio. Bill Frater: Where and when did you start in […]
Singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey’s career was humming along nicely last year – recording, writing, European tours, annual week-long coffeehouse productions. Long stretches of concentrated writing, creative options opening everywhere, and even extended backroads bicycle jaunts with performances on front porches and wayside gas […]
In this festive holiday season, with its Black Friday and Cyber Monday, in a world struggling to acknowledge the notion of peace and goodwill, it may be a break from the madness to read about one small way that music is being […]
There have been a few times when I’ve had my feelings hurt by omission. A friend once put out a list of his favorite albums of the year and mine wasn’t on it. It’s hard to be out there making […]
I started playing guitar when I was 11 years old. I wanted to play bass, but my father wanted me to start on the instrument he knew best. His argument was, “You love to sing. Start with guitar so you […]
A couple months before high school ended, senior year, I bought a ticket to see R.E.M. in Tampa, with Radiohead opening. “Creep” had only just hit and Radiohead was still somewhat obscure, but there was something about the languid melancholy in Thom […]
Few Americans are familiar with the beautiful voice, poetic lyrics, and memorable folk songs of Catherine MacLellan, who records on Bruce Cockburn’s True North label. Some Canadians liken her to Joni Mitchell, and many revere the work of her late […]
What really got me into touring full time was my first trip to the Kerrville Folk Festival in 2005. Growing up in Portland, OR, I always figured there wasn’t much for me down in Texas, but an 18-day camping festival […]
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