IBMA Announces New Host City for World of Bluegrass in 2025
After months of intense speculation, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced today the new home for its annual World of Bluegrass conference and festival.
After one last hurrah this September in Raleigh, North Carolina, the event’s home since 2013, World of Bluegrass will move to Chattanooga, Tennessee, for 2025,
FRESH TRACK: Jobi Riccio – 'Instead'
Colorado-bred, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter Jobi Riccio has released the foot-stomping new single “Instead.” The track highlights her witty humor and acute self-awareness, complete with pedal steel swells and a singalong-able refrain that’s painfully relatable: “I drank too much and I was crazy.”
“‘Instead’ lovingly stems from a deeply unserious place,
BONUS TRACKS: A First Look (and Listen) to the New Bob Dylan Movie
There’s been buzz and photos from the set and lots of speculation about the new Bob Dylan biopic for months, but the first trailer landed this week, giving us an early look at Timothée Chalamet’s walk in the folksinger’s shoes. And, what’s more, an early listen
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Made by These Moments,’ The Red Clay Strays Find a Home in Introspective Songs
“I’ve been holding onto something / This all can’t be for nothing / We’re all made by these moments,” frontman Brandon Coleman belts with a Graceland gusto on “Moments,” the song that inspired the title to The Red Clay Strays’ sophomore effort.
Over the last few years, it really
ALBUM REVIEW: Memphis Royal Brothers Extends the Good Times of ‘Take Me to the River’ Documentary
It's a gathering of royalty, but you won't find this bunch up on thrones. With juke joints as the dream team Memphis Royal Brothers’ palaces, stages are about as elevated as they get. But the music takes it higher, to a level suitable for kings and
FOUNDERS’ KEEPERS: Leslie Mendelson, Lemon Twigs, Fastball, and More
We’ve hit the middle of 2024, and first-rate new albums seem to be coming fast and furious. Here’s a look at five of my favorites released in May and June, all of which may well end up on my year-end top ten.
Leslie Mendelson — After the Party
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