From Earl Scruggs to Bela Fleck: Let Us Now Praise the Banjo
I have been thinking a lot about John Hartford lately. And the banjo. About how one of the most popular songs of the 20th century ("Gentle on My Mind") was written on the banjo, and its journey to prominence today in roots music.
While the instrument's
Diana Jones on Following What She Loves
There’s a timeless beauty that emanates from much of Diana Jones’ music.
“When I feel a song coming on—which is usually how it begins, with a feeling—I go back in my mind to the hills of eastern Tennessee and a sense of my grandfather and our ancestors,
Meet Thirty Tigers' Radio Guy, Lindsay Reid
It's time again to look at some of the people behind the scenes of radio. Lindsay Reid is promo guy for the highly respected company Thirty Tigers, which does marketing, promotion, and management for some of the best artists around.
What got you started in the music business?
Link Wray, Charley Patton, Howlin' Wolf Shine in Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Link Wray, Charley Patton, Howlin' Wolf, Monk Boudreaux Shine Among the Many Native American Creators of Blues, Jazz and Rock Celebrated in Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
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This brightly-edited, fast-paced yet thoughtful new documentary movie is not so much about Native American music
Seen and Scene at Red Rocks
I was sitting more than halfway up from the stage at Red Rocks Amphitheater when a murmur in the crowd began to snowball into increasing applause and cheers. James Taylor was midsong and appeared perplexed by the growing roar. He turned and looked behind his band, but a giant rock—
AJ Lee: A Flower Blooms in the California Bluegrass
When I reached out to Betsy Riger-Lee and asked her to give me a rough idea of how many views her daughter AJ Lee has had on YouTube, she came back to me in three hours and wrote: “As of this moment, it's 3,358,333.” That