Bluegrass emerged out of a bubbling world of country music that was changing from a simply regional music in the 1920s into what became known as Country & Western and was sold to the world as appealing to a strong, but […]
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When Jim Lauderdale takes the stage on September 21 at the Americana Music Association’s 15th Annual Honors and Awards Show at the Ryman, I have no doubt he will receive not only thunderous applause, but likely the longest standing ovation anyone has ever […]
The cover to the new Porter Wagoner album makes a visual joke that, for Wagoner anyway, is uncharacteristically subtle. Known for his blindingly flamboyant western suits, Wagoner here gives us his trademark wagon wheel not in electric rhinestone but delicate […]
Porter Wagoner was born in 1927 just outside West Plains, a small town in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks. Like so many other kids in the rural country audience, he grew up loving the down-home offerings of the Grand […]
Porter Wagoner is one of the most significant figures in the history of post-Hank Williams country music. Along with host Red Foley, Wagoner was a star on the legendary late-50s radio show Ozark Jubilee, which had Springfield, Missouri, challenging Nashville […]
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