Bluegrass Humor
Bluegrass music often deals with sad, even tragic circumstances. The genre is not particularly known for its sense of humor. At every bluegrass show or festival you attend, you're likely to hear songs dealing with loss, murder, love gone wrong, and deep nostalgia for a life left behind
Heartbreak Mountain Music
If Steve Earle wore a dress, this is what he would sound like. Chelle Rose is Appalachian tuff. You can hear her hardscrabble raisin’ in her voice. There’s enough barbed wire twang in her voice to snap a fencepost in half should it be bold enough to try and
The Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance, Trumansburg, New York
"I'm too old to remember to regret." -- Richie Stearns
Trumansburg, New York, sits halfway between two more well-known towns in the Finger Lakes district: Watkins Glen and Ithaca. Like many similarly situated towns, it has become a center for music and other arts. It also
Gruff, Melodic, Earthy, Rural & Sincere: Unique Country Flavors
Produced in Nashville, this British Columbia-born, rough-hewn, gritty, authentic and commanding vocalist – Matt Patershuk – is the kind of singer that -- out of the starting gate -- is going to appeal immediately to fans of Jon Dee Graham, Buddy Miller, Otis Gibbs, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Waits, Chuck E. Weiss and
Feast at the Cosmic Cowboy Cafe with Eddie White
For the second time in this column, I'm taking you to Sydney, Australia, to learn about Eddie White -- a veteran DJ who is the first person I've interviewed who's to bring up "Ameripolitan" music, which is a little less "whatever
Thirty Years of Guitar Town, Steve Earle and The Dukes
On a high-temp Sunday in Manhattan, after a train ride on an excruciating slow-moving local that stopped at every single station, I took a 36-block stroll downtown with music in my head. It's not unusual to occasionally find Steve Earle walking the western grid between Houston Street and