Randall Bramblett Hits Home with ‘Pine Needle Fire’
If you were a top-tier touring musician in the last four decades, Randall Bramblett had your back. His career as a sideman included backing such notables as Steve Winwood, Gregg Allman, Levon Helm, Elvin Bishop, Bonnie Raitt, Delbert McClinton, Rick Nelson, and B.J. Thomas. He also lent his talents
THE READING ROOM: An Excerpt from Chris Hillman’s Memoir Recalling Life and All the ‘Time Between’
Reading Chris Hillman’s new memoir, Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother, and Beyond (BMG), is like sitting down with on old friend to listen to his stories of his days on the road and in the studio.
Since his childhood, Hillman’s passion for music has
George Benson Shows His Range on ‘Weekend in London’ Live Album
On this album, George Benson in some ways comes full circle. In 1978, he released the groundbreaking Weekend in LA, an album that captured Benson’s live performance in fall 1977 at the Roxy Theater in West Hollywood. Like Weekend in LA, Weekend in London records Benson’s intimate performance
Chicago Supergroup The Flat Five Surprises and Shines on ‘Another World’
“No more hateful TV / no more hateful texting / no more hateful Donald … Duck,” goes “Over and Out,” the final track on Another World, the sophomore release from The Flat Five. “The train has left the station / to another world.” With such a cheeky wink, the Chicago fivesome make it clear
Pedal Steel Player Spencer Cullum Steps into Spotlight on ‘Coin Collection’
You probably know the sound of Spencer Cullum’s pedal steel guitar, behind which he is most often situated as he backs up the likes of Miranda Lambert, Deer Tick, and countless others. Or perhaps you know him best as one half of Steelism, his instrumental duo with guitarist Jeremy
50 STATES OF FOLK: The Enduring Power of Kentucky’s High Lonesome Sound
We in the bluegrass world love to talk about the high lonesome sound -- that painful, heartbreaking high tenor pealing out mournfully in the happy-sad songs in our particular musical canon -- as though it’s something that’s wholly ours. If it were up to our most hardcore traditionalist