“Bluegrass will not let me leave,” Peter Rowan insists. But that doesn’t mean he’ll be confined by any boundaries that fans, critics, or artists may put on the genre. Rowan has impeccable bluegrass cred, having been a member of Bill […]
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“We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the time, is love.” — Tennessee Williams In the midst of these more than troubling times, as even more walls are being erected to separate us, as […]
The 3rd annual Hoedown On The Harpeth will be held October 12-13, 2018 in Kingston Springs, Tennessee with headline artists: Grammy award winning singer-songwriter Peter Rowan and multi-talented and versatile group, The Travelin’ McCourys. Showcasing bluegrass, old time, western swing, […]
It is shaping up to be, to quote Frank Sinatra, a very good year. Music-wise, at least. Given the strength of the albums below, and with nearly another six months to go, it will be a mind bender to put […]
There’s been a lot happening in the world of roots music since I last did a photo roundup, and our ND photographers have been very busy in capturing a lot of it. They saw no fewer than 40 artists, from […]
This week’s column was going to be the final one of the year that focuses on new and upcoming roots music releases. But as there are more coming out than one column can hold, I’ll do another one in a couple of […]
Last year, to celebrate his 90th birthday, Chuck Berry announced that he was making another album with some help from folks like Tom Morello and Gary Clark Jr. Pause to think about the boldness of creating a sizable chunk of […]
Though mainly viewed as a bluegrass musician, Peter Rowan’s musical adventures have also included rockabilly, blues and rock. For much of his career, starting with his 1965 induction into Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys, he’s played bluegrass, teaming with David Grisman […]
By now you you have read Kim’s enchanting piece on this year’s MerleFest, now comes my take on MerleFest at 30. Rather than a blow by blow, I’ll go with some takeaways. Here now are mine for MerleFest’s 30th edition. […]
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