Country, Plain and Simple with Dallas Wayne
I first heard of Dallas Wayne from his albums in the early 2000's on the venerable HighTone Records. Back then, I'd take a chance and buy an album because of the label's reputation. I was rarely disappointed by HighTone artists. Wayne's "
John Jorgenson's Eclectic Taste: From Django Reinhardt to the Who
John Jorgenson’s guitar playing was impressive when I saw him perform with the Desert Rose band at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino in 2010 and at the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival in Framingham, Massachusetts, four years later. But those performances were nothing like last summer when he brought his
A Proper Introduction To Sarah Jarosz
Another Friday night in Raleigh and I once again found myself at a concert by someone I’d been hearing about for a while but hadn’t really taken the time to listen to. Since my music loving friends (and trusted publications like No Depression) would never steer me wrong,
Gregory Alan Isakov: The Passenger, The Land, And The Ritual
Singer-song writer Gregory Alan Isakov was in Belfast last December when I spoke with him in a room, within a warren of rooms, way back stage at the Waterfront Hall.
He had been supporting Passenger on a European tour for the previous two and half months, and this support
Peter Cooper on Johnny's Cash and Charley's Pride
Peter Cooper, the Senior Director, Producer, and Writer at the Country Music Hall of Fame, hits home runs every time he steps up to the plate. When he was covering music for the Tennessean, you could count on Cooper to deliver humorous, perceptive tales of country musicians and their foibles.
Groundhog Day Experiment #1: Hickory Wind
I was thumbing through the recent issue of New York magazine when I saw that they've made a Broadway musical from the 1994 film Groundhog Day. You know the story: Bill Murray plays Phil Connors, who goes to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to report on the annual de-hibernation of