Zeb Snyder: A Prodigy Making Good
Zeb Snyder emerged as a fresh guitar talent about a decade ago playing with the Snyder Family Band, consisting of his younger sister Samantha on fiddle, and his father, Bud, playing bass. I first remember seeing him at a now-defunct autumn festival on the Shepherd Farm in Wilkesboro, North Carolina,
"I've Always Been a Stubborn Motherfucker"
Sarah Shook’s rawboned country shudders and shakes with desperation and unquenched longing. Like the face staring back from her Bloodshot debut Sidelong, there’s an unvarnished severity that belies the smoke she’s blowing, face half-hidden in hair. There’s something cagey in her expression as well as the
Eric Andersen at McCabe's: A Bittersweet Reunion with Joni Mitchell
Eric Andersen's appearance at McCabe's in Santa Monica, California has become an annual event, which is good-news for L.A.'s Americana-roots music scene. The veteran singer-songwriter responsible for such classics as "Violets of Dawn," and "Thirsty Boots," has been especially
From Earl Scruggs to Bela Fleck: Let Us Now Praise the Banjo
I have been thinking a lot about John Hartford lately. And the banjo. About how one of the most popular songs of the 20th century ("Gentle on My Mind") was written on the banjo, and its journey to prominence today in roots music.
While the instrument's
Diana Jones on Following What She Loves
There’s a timeless beauty that emanates from much of Diana Jones’ music.
“When I feel a song coming on—which is usually how it begins, with a feeling—I go back in my mind to the hills of eastern Tennessee and a sense of my grandfather and our ancestors,
Meet Thirty Tigers' Radio Guy, Lindsay Reid
It's time again to look at some of the people behind the scenes of radio. Lindsay Reid is promo guy for the highly respected company Thirty Tigers, which does marketing, promotion, and management for some of the best artists around.
What got you started in the music business?