Back to Chickasaw Land: Bobbie Gentry left Mississippi, but it never left her
by Tara Murtha
The first sound on Bobbie Gentry’s 1968 album The Delta Sweete is a single steel string plucked so hard the vibration buzzes into the microphone like a mosquito zipping too close to an eardrum. Gentry sings, “La la la la la” and then higher, with a
Free Range Americana Radio with Adam Phillips
As popular as Americana music has become, it is surprising that there are not that many full-time stations playing "our" music. WHAY in Whitley City, a town of only 1,500 people on the southern edge of Kentucky, is one of those stations. And they're doing
Randy Bachman on His Heroes and Favorite Albums
Randy Bachman says his musical heroes are “guys who don't stop, even though they can.”
He names 10 such heroes:Neil Young, Sting, EltonJohn, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Bonamassa, Robert Plant, Willie Nelson,and Tony Bennett.
As Bachman heads for his 75th birthday this September,
Finding Florida's Soul
Pensacola, Gainesville, Greenville, Tallahassee, Orlando, and Miami aren’t the first cities that come to mind when you’re talking about soul music. Although country artists (the Bellamy Brothers, Bobby Braddock), rockers (Tom Petty, Don Felder, Bernie Leadon, Stephen Stills), and gospel singers (the Florida Boys Quartet, Ella Mae Wilson,
SAENTS: Self-Titled EP
Rock in the 2010s is an intriguing beast to try and decipher. Unlike what critics have been barreling down our eardrums with over the past two decades, no, it isn't dead. Moreover, it's the overarching music industry that has shifted so greatly over the years. Can
The Great Reckoning of Father John Misty
Whether you love him or hate him, there is no denying that the prolific Father John Misty is a masterful songwriter who we’re never quite sure if we understand. After some public meltdowns in 2016, and 2017’s exhaustive, sprawling record Pure Comedy, Father John Misty fatigue was in