The 2020 Grammy nominations were announced early this morning, and some roots music artists woke up to some very good news. Here are the nominees in the American Roots Music category, which includes Americana, bluegrass, folk, blues, and music […]
“We’re not here to change your mind about anything,” Charlie Starr, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for Blackberry Smoke, announced from the stage at a recent live performance in Chicago. “We’re here to ease your mind about everything.” The infectious […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: As Todd Snider’s landmark East Nashville Skyline album (2004) gets its first vinyl release today, singer-songwriter Korby Lenker shares what the album meant — and still means — to him. Setting: Austin, SXSW, maybe 2005. Saturday afternoon. I […]
Poet Maya Angelou once said, “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” For so many, that statement is gospel. For some, though, the music is the loneliness, rather […]
Our Winter 2019 “Vision” print journal is shipping to subscribers now, and we’d love to add you to our mailing list. Subscribe here and we’ll send you our Winter 2019 journal — AND you’ll be supporting the great roots music […]
There’s a certain kind of self-awareness that arises when you’ve worked in the same career for 30 years. For some, it may consist of near-perfect understanding of their particular vocation. For others, it may produce a deeper love for something […]
“It was still dark outside and they were gone just like that.” On Aug. 12, 1986, Allison Moorer’s father shot and killed her mother and then killed himself at the family’s home in Mobile, Alabama. The 14-year-old Moorer is awakened […]
Recently, I had some journalists ask me if I ever thought I was being too vulnerable, too revealing, or “too real” in my songwriting. My answer to them is always “no.” You see, I believe in order to write about […]
This gallery is a slice of my week at AmericanaFest in Nashville. As a new mom with a new record (and a husband who teaches middle school and can’t take time off to babysit while I run around town), I’m […]
You could fill hours of airtime with a retelling of Dolly Parton’s life story. Maybe you’d start with her childhood in the Smoky Mountains, where she was one of 12 children in a family that struggled to make ends meet. […]
Bruce Sudano – “In the Garden of November”Check it out
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