All we really need to know about this album is that Loretta Lynn performs electrifying new versions of many of her classic songs, and her strong voice still soars and rings with emotional clarity. If that weren’t enough — and […]
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There are 84 Grammy categories, eight of which (numbers 45 to 52) are dedicated to “American Roots” music. That number does not include the four categories devoted to country music. Not an altogether bad thing, especially given that the marketplace […]
There’s a lot to say in reviews of this week’s batch of new releases. We’ve got a Holler, a Strange Conversation, and a bit of Bad Mouthin’ too. We’ve also got some insights from the artists themselves on those albums. We’ve also got the scoop […]
I married into a Kentucky family. True, my wife was raised in an old house in rural North Carolina — one of many things we have in common — but her roots are pure Kentucky. We were married in Berea, […]
>>>>> Most musician’s early influences are in some way tied to family in some way, is that true for you too? Absolutely. Both of my parents are very musical; they both sing and play piano and organ. I grew up in […]
Country music in America has long marketed towards and embodied an eclectic blend of common folk: typically, southern, lower-class, God-fearing, hard-working, blue-collar white men, found in Appalachian homes and hollers scattered well beneath the Mason-Dixon line. From the earliest decades […]
Anyone can rattle off the names of female artists who have made it big in just about any genre of music, but what about female producers? Women in the studio are still a relative rarity, and there aren’t many of […]
What a week for surprises! The Grammy nominations held a few, of course. We learned that, despite the fact Loretta Lynn toured with Willie Nelson a ton, she only recently tried weed. And we got some new music news from Hurray […]
Rodney Crowell once told me that talking about songwriting is “like doing card trick on the radio.” Everyone who’s ever sat down to write a song quickly discovers the challenge she faces in coming up with a subject about which […]
I never thought big could be beautiful when it came to Americana festival crowds. I’ve changed my mind after seeing the bright lights of Bristol, TN/VA and its 50,000-plus. Or maybe I’m just infatuated with festivals themselves. Perhaps, if I […]
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