Jerry Douglas Looks Back, and Forward, as He Prepares to Enter the Bluegrass Hall of Fame
Jerry Douglas never saw it coming.
In late June, just before walking onstage with The Earls of Leicester at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, the Dobro master was told that he had been chosen for induction into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.
Oh, and just one more thing: “You
THROUGH THE LENS: Insider’s Guide to AMERICANAFEST 2024
The fine folks at the Americana Music Association have curated another stellar lineup of roots artists for the the 24th annual AMERICANAFEST extravaganza in Nashville, September 17-21, 2024. As with previous years' previews, most of the more recognizable performers are not highlighted, the focus is discovery. Similarly, panels, as
BONUS TRACKS: Silkroad's "American Railroad" Tour Set to Hop on the Mainline
Silkroad Ensemble has announced this week that it will be taking its new program "American Railroad" to ten cities this fall on a sort of whistle-stop tour (figuratively speaking), packed to boxcar ceiling with train songs. Granted, the ensemble won't actually be on a train. But
ALBUM REVIEW: With 'Waiting for a Sign,' Hataali Paints the Sunset of America
If Sleater-Kinney and David Bowie wrote a song in the Arizona desert, the result might sound like Hataałii’s “Something’s in the Air.”
“Hand in hand should see it through / Oh, I got some news for you,” Hataałii sings over the track’s propulsive pep. “Sometimes life ain’t
THE READING ROOM: New Greenwich Village Book Spotlights 1950s-'00s
Walk along most streets in Greenwich Village these days, and you’re more likely to see banks, high-end clothing shops, and upscale restaurants than small clubs full of folk singers or jazz musicians. In the late 1950s through the late 1980s, though, the scene would have looked and sounded very
ALBUM REVIEW: Willie Watson Has New Tricks Up His Sleeve
Willie Watson has always operated on the periphery. Even in the making of his own story. First, he was harmonizing on early versions of “Wagon Wheel” in high school, as a founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show. After he left the band in 2011, he drifted into various projects