Mythology and Music
Did you know Bob Dylan was never born? Somewhere up in the North Country he just walked in one day out of the cold. They say down in Montgomery, on nights like these when the moon is full and bright, and the heavy, breathless air contains that unmistakable aftertaste of
The Things That We Are Made Of revisited: Mary-Chapin Carpenter's 21st Century masterpiece
This album has been out a couple of months. It has already been reviewed here in ND although I'd say it’s a review that can best be characterised as damning with faint praise. I think it's a record that deserves a whole lot better.
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Who's the Bluegrass Audience?
When you attend a bluegrass event, whether it's a concert, festival, or local picking party, you never know who you might meet. Most people don't care who you are or what you do for a living. What they do care about is that you love the
Jamie Hoover Keeps Tradition Alive with "Sounds from the Mother Road"
We're back to radio this week, after a brief diversion into the wider world of the music business.
I first met Jamie Hoover at the Strawberry Music Festival sometime in the 1990s. The fact that her show is syndicated on so many stations is a testiment to the
Kris Kristofferson at 80: An Appreciation
Singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson, who turns 80 this week, is known for saying, “heroes happen when you need ‘em.” If that is so, then I’ve needed Kristofferson -- in persona, songs, stories, and poems -- for the last 50 years. After writing so many tributes to great artists who have
Ya Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band
There's a song by country-rock band Alabama with the lyric, “If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.” But I find that governing clause a little too narrow. In almost any genre of music, that most cranky and difficult of