Terry Roland

2016 has begun as a year of passages witth a reminder of all things temporal especially the death of our culture heroes. It is a time for changes. For the iconic rock artist David Bowie and those who traveled along on his musical ride over the last 49 years, the

This is a tale of two historic and enduring country music institutions based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry-the longest running live radio broadcast in America and Ryman Auditorium-where the Opry called home for thirty years. Today they are still today so closely related in the public

Boz Scaggs, best known in mainstream pop music for his classic ’70s disco-era album, Silk Degrees, has always drawn his roots, influence, and musical expression from Texas blues. He began with a blues guitar in his hands as a teenager in Texas. The distinctly American music has been his

When pedal steel guitar great Buddy Emmons died this week, we lost more than an exceptional musician from the country music landscape. Like the legendary artist who discovered him, Little Jimmy Dickens (when he died last year) the passing of Emmons is the passing of an era. Buddy Emmons was

Folk music, in all of its forms, is about family – the universal family of artists and audience. It’s a worldwide family of restless human souls who find melodic expressions of love and redemption calling them toward their best selves. Since 2002, Sara and Sean Watkins – best known as sibling

In 2013, I attended the Americana Music Association Awards and Honors show at Ryman Auditorium. It was a memorable evening, to say the least, with some of the best Americana artists and legends on stage and in the audience. But the moment that had the most impact on me above