Tragedy Strikes, But the Songs Live On
Posthumous Release of Chris Porter and the Bluebonnet Rattlesnakes
Release Date: October 20 by Cornelius Chapel Records
On October 19, 2016, a semi-truck barreled into the back of a van carrying Chris Porter, Mitchell Vandenburg, and Adam Nurre. The musical trio had departed South Carolina in route to Baltimore when
Bluegrass Goes Electric: Country and Rock & Roll Influence the Genre
Bill Monroe once said in an interview with George Gruhn: “Bluegrass is a pure music. You follow the melody right, and you don't put in no hot, know-it-all fiddle that don't belong in there” (Ewing 2006, p. 195). Bluegrass music as we know it today was
Stephen Bruton, Nick Lowe, Jack White Help Power JD Simo
Powerhouse Nashville guitarist JD Simo may never forget a night when he played at the Saxon Pub in Austin, Texas, about 13 years ago. He remembers the evening, though, not for his band’s performance but rather for the prowess of the headliner, Stephen Bruton.
“We actually opened the show,
A Brief Comparison of the Johnson City and Bristol Sessions
The region of East Tennessee should be proud to boast that it hosted arguable two of the most important recording sessions in country music history in the late 1920s. Located merely 25 miles apart, Johnson City, Tennessee and Bristol, Tennessee, and more importantly, the recording sessions that took place there
Some Connections Between Hiram King “Hank” Williams & Waylon Jennings
Hank Williams was one of the most prolific figures of country music in the first half of the 20th Century until his untimely departure from this cold, cold world in the backseat of a Cadillac on New Year’s Day in 1953. Williams charted eight number one singles during his
Meet Hilary Saunders, No Depression's New Editor
Here in Asheville, in the wood behind my home, the leaves are changing color and falling from the trees. The temperature has yet to give way, but I know it's coming -- that crisp, autumnal, chai-flavored breeze. The beer people are looking forward to the release of Cold