What Happens at Bluegrass Festivals?
This afternoon we started our trek north from Florida, heading into the blooming outdoor bluegrass season, which runs from April through October in most of the country. I've been writing this column for a year now, writing about all the festivals I've attended, without ever commenting
The Underdogs of Seventies Country Rock
In the late Sixties Gram Parsons came up with the term Cosmic American Music as a more eloquent and hippie-dippie way to describe the type of music he was making. Gram despised the term “country-rock” and felt his term was a more accurate if not generalized way to sum up
Lost in Space: The Epic Saga of Fort Worth's Space Opera
A FOREWORD, OF SORTS...
I have to laugh when I think of how many people, including those in the music industry, considered Space Opera one of Canada's best rock exports. It is understandable, as the only information on the jacket and inner sleeve besides lyrics and personnel had
Our First Podcaster: Calvin Powers and The Americana Music Show
Podcasting has been getting a lot of interest lately, but this is the first Radio Friendly interview highlighting a podcaster. I think that Calvin Powers of the Americana Music Show does one of the best podcasts out there.
Bill Frater: Where and when did you start in radio?
Calvin Powers:
When You Lose Someone: A Poem for Glenn Frey
THANKS so much to everyone for your beautiful thoughts, comments and likes, it really helps. Here is how I came to write this lyric about Glenn: I got a package in the mail from Glenn Frey’s wife Cindy. She sent me a present for playing at his memorial... and
Dreamcatcher Events - Musical Fantasy Camps!
Though Dreamcatcher Events have been putting on their awesome musical getaways for five years now, I only recently learned about them. Which means I've missed out on a lot of supercool opportunities already, but now that I know ... you have to know too. I spoke to founder, Danny