Unsung Heroes of Americana Music: Jean Ritchie & Susie Glaze-Two Folk Singers, One Voice
There is a valley deep in the Cumberland mountains of Eastern Kentucky where, during the early part of the 20th century, no radio signal could reach. In the 1920's
the people had no other resource than to sing the songs taught to them by their ancestors who had
Love and Learn With Amanda Shires
If Amanda Shires is the perfect example of writing what you know, there just might be a box set equivalent of James Joyce’s greatest hits waiting just around the corner.
Now the transplanted Texan fiddler who’s writing up a storm these days in Nashville might admit that’s
Remembering Bob Reuter, St. Louis Renaissance Man
Every time I sit down to write one of these kinds of things I worry that I sound pretentious because so many other people knew the departed so much better than me. I wasn’t close to Bob Reuter, I wasn’t an expert on his life, and this isn’
The 25th Anniversary Re-Release of Lucinda Williams' 1988 Rough Trade Album, or What Is Alt Country and When Did It Begin?
Before there was Americana, there was "alt country." A term I am still fond of and still has some relevance, if only for being one of Americana's sub-genres. I have long pondered its genesis, its development, its emergence, i.e., when did alt country begin
Oklahoma's John Moreland- A Man of Measured Words- A Review of 'In the Throes'
Take a good, working rock and roll musician, strip him down to the basics, give him an acoustic guitar and say, 'tell me what life's taught you so far, seriously' and in this perfect world you would get John Moreland and the deeply satisfying work, '
May 77 - Grateful Dead Box Set Review
This is the first time that I ever had the privilege to review a full Grateful Dead Box Set, very special, since it is one of my favorite years of the Dead, 1977. This set is done up very luxuriously, both the music and the Box itself, music is two