The Amazing Run of Curtis Burch (part one)
Any profession or job has the ability to overtake your life. You could be a doctor, a teacher, or an electrician and the demands and challenges to be successful could be monumental, costing you family, friends and irretrievable years. Yet when we think of an artist and their life we
The Flight of a Fallen Angel: Inge Andersen’s Journey of Song
by Terry Roland
In Greek mythology, fairy tales and folklore there are stories told of figures of wood and stone that come to life. In familiar stories, told and retold in so many forms, from Pinocchio to Pygmalion, beneath the outer shell is a miraculous soul that emerges into the
When Glen Campbell Visited Glen Campbell: Memories of a Legend
As I slowly wind down from the excitement of seeing the legendary Glen Campbell perform his fabulous hits last night at the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh, I think back to those days when his "Goodtime Hour" was the hot show on prime time TV, and the time he
CD Review: The Hunger Games Goes Deep into Appalachian Americana
Looks like we're the first on No Depression to review the new soundtrack to the hit Hollywood movie, The Hunger Games. Sure, we've all been hearing about it, especially the much ballyhooed Taylor Swift/Civil Wars collaboration and the production by Americana icon T-Bone Burnett, but
Gonzo Country: How to Write a Hit Country Song (Tractors,Trucks, Fishing, Beer and Jesus)
Turnstyled Junkpiled's
How To Write A Hit Country Song
Tractors, Trucks, Fishing, Beer and Jesus
by Courtney Sudbrink, Editor
Many of today’s young,up-and-coming Country
songwriters may be scratching their heads, wondering why Nashville isn’t biting. Bobby Bare once sang of the “Sure Hit Songwriter'
Bonnie Raitt, John Prine & Tom Waits at Opryland (circa '74)
Bonnie, Johnny & Tom Visit Opryland, USA — an interview-article by W. Conrad for Buddy Magazine (March, 1976)
Backstage and on stage at Nashville's Opryland, Ben Fong-Torres, rock journalist from
Rolling Stone, was shadowing Bonnie Raitt, the star of the evening's attraction. In the shadows, lurking inside