Pete Anderson: Pioneering Roots Guitarist
Pete Anderson is a multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning Producer and groundbreaking guitarist, who melds blues and country to forge a style all his own. Known as a pioneer in the roots-rock genre and an early champion of the Americana movement, he had a hand in introducing the world
The Happy Afterlife of George Costanza's Girlfriend: Heidi Swedberg and the Sukey Jump Band
What would happen if George Costanza—Seinfeld’s perennial loser—had to interview singer Heidi Swedberg?
He'd talk to her for almost an hour, then discover the tape recorder didn't work. Yeah, it happened to me. Call me George.
Actually, George and Heidi have met before.
An open letter to the CMA and Country Music Hall of Fame on behalf of Johnny Horton
Last week the newest members to the hallowed Country Music Hall of Fame were officially inducted. The three artists selected by the CMA for induction this year are all unquestionably deserving of the honor. And yet I find myself, as with every year, in utter disbelief at a continuing, inexcusable
RIP Sherman Halsey & the Crazy Carny Circus of Country Music's Fellini
He was beautiful. There was no way around it. Carved features, like Wild Bill Hickock with breeding, honey tangle of silky hair tumbling down past his shoulders – or restrained by an elastic, tie or leather thong. Those eyes, so piercing, curious, alive: looking not at, but into you, wondering and
Roots for a Rounder: A Talk with Benny Sidelinger
Hearth Note: The Shiftless Rounders came on to the scene back when MySpace was all the rage, and they had a remarkably compelling byline that excited my youthful imagination: "If Kurt Cobain had been from West Virginia...." And then I heard "Pink," their version of the
The Wood Brothers – The Muse
The Wood Brothers’ Smoke Ring Halo (2011) is one of the best albums I’ve heard in a long time, so it was with some apprehension that I slid the band’s new CD into my player. Could anything really compare to that superlative effort? If the band is The