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 left
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
Tony Poole (Starry Eyed and Laughing) on the Byrds and More
The Byrds created timeless music. They were folk-rock, psychedelic rock, and country rock pioneers and are — okay, I’ll come clean — my favorite band of all time.
I could go on and on about the brilliance of original Byrds Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, Chris Hillman and Michael