BONUS TRACKS: Grammys Announce Presenters and Performers for Premiere Ceremony — And a Change to Ticketing
The Recording Academy has announced details of the only part of its Grammy ceremony that really matters to roots music fans — the daytime Premiere Ceremony. Larkin Poe, Brandy Clark, and Gaby Moreno are among the performers for the event, and Molly Tuttle and Rufus Wainwright will be on hand to
ALBUM REVIEW: William Elliott Whitmore Dispenses Hard Wisdom on ‘Silently, The Mind Breaks’
Troubled souls who need an ally on the rocky road of life may find a kindred spirit in Iowa’s William Elliott Whitmore. Continuing to dispense hard wisdom more than two decades after his debut, this plainspoken country-folk troubadour ponders existential angst and other primal issues on the compelling
Western Paintings Color Cary Morin’s Musical Point of View
Sitting on a couch in his home in Fort Collins, Colorado, Cary Morin holds up a small copper bust to the camera with both hands. It’s of a man, wearing a hat and looking serious and faraway at some wide, pastoral landscape.
“It’s Charlie,” Morin says, meaning the
ALBUM REVIEW: Relocated to Nashville, Sarah Jarosz’s Sound Sparkles on ‘Polaroid Lovers’
Though it must have been a brutally sad goodbye when Sarah Jarosz left her longtime home of New York City in 2020, her new city suits her. Polaroid Lovers, the seventh studio album from the prolific songwriter with a voice of gold, is Nashville through and through. It has the
THE READING ROOM: James Talley Weighs Music and Meaning in ‘Nashville City Blues’ Memoir
In 2000, Oklahoma-born singer and songwriter James Talley released an album called Nashville City Blues on his label, Cimarron Records. In the title track, he tells a defiant yet poignant tale of his experience in a town where “the music, it don’t mean a thing / It’s all
ALBUM REVIEW: John Leventhal Steps Into the Spotlight for ‘Rumble Strip’
John Leventhal’s visionary musical genius allows him to dwell in a tune, seeing the notes and the spaces in between them, and to create elegant tunes that capture the imagination. After decades of composing, producing, songwriting, singing, and playing for others, Leventhal is finally releasing his debut solo album,