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Kim Ruehl

2011 Americana Music Association Award Nominees

2011 Americana Music Association Award Nominees

As luck would have it, I'm in New York City this week for a number of reasons. But, today, it just so happened that the Americana Music Association was holding an event at the Gibson Showroom uptown, just west of the south end of Central Park, to announce

Bumbershoot: Bob Dylan either sucked, or he didn't

Bumbershoot: Bob Dylan either sucked, or he didn't

Bumbershoot has been a monster music and arts festival, rolling through Seattle every single Labor Day weekend for 40 years now. The 2010 40th Anniversary celebratory lineup kicked off with a steaming stack of rocking rootsy locals and the behemoth celebrity of one Mr. Bob Dylan. That the highlights of

Carissa's Wierd: The Band That Got Away

The late days: Ben Bridwell, Jeff Hellis, Sarah Standard, Jenn Ghetto,Mat Brooke and Sera Cahoone I saw Carissa's Wierd for the first time this July. It was at the Showbox Theater here in Seattle - a venue the band never would have packed when they were actually

Focus on the song: "Look at Miss Ohio"

Yesterday, after hours of engrossing myself in the new Dave Rawlings Machine album, A Friend of a Friend, I turned to my Gillian Welch collection. I got caught up on "Look at Miss Ohio" - a song I've certainly heard a thousand times before. It was

My assignment: Michelle Shocked's 'Texas Campfire Tapes'

My assignment: Michelle Shocked's 'Texas Campfire Tapes'

A week or two ago, when I was getting ready for a long flight, I asked my Twitter and Facebook followers to assign me an album to listen to on the plane. I promised to pick one at random and listen on repeat, then blog about it here. I made

Review: Brandi Carlile - 'Give up the Ghost'

Review: Brandi Carlile - 'Give up the Ghost'

I mentioned last week, when I shared my recent interview with Brandi Carlile, that I'd have a little more to say about her new release. Give up the Ghost (Oct. 6 on Columbia) is the band's third full-length record, although they've put out a

Five Best Living Songwriters

Grant started it. Then I got talking to Iaan Hughes from KBCS 91.3 here in Seattle about it, and he invited me on his show to further the debate, among other things. So, whether or not you tuned in today, I figured I'd post my Top 5