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,
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
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,
The Last Time I Saw Gram Parsons
By Bill Conrad (His Prep School Pal)
Summer of 1968, I was in London when I saw a flyer advertising the Byrds at Royal Albert Hall. Melody Maker, the local music news, suggested that a few Beatles and Stones might attend. That was incentive enough for me.
The Byrds took