If you haven’t seen the BBC’s “Lost Highway: The History of American Country’ then you’re in for a treat. This four-part, four-hour documentary follows the musical lineage from the Bristol Sessions to Nashville, from Texas…
While taking in a showcase at the 2008 South-By-Southwest creator and host of NPR’s “All Songs Considered” Bob Boilen, and his colleague Stephen Thompson, observed that the lack of intimacy (and often due respect) that…
David Letterman continued his ongoing support of great music by inviting founding member and lead vocalist of the Grammy Award winning band Carolina Chocolate Drops Rhiannon Giddens to perform on his stage. Giddens turned in…
The cultural trade show known as the 57th Annual Grammy Awards is now history. 83 golden antiquated media playback device replicas were handed out to some of the most talented musicians in the world. But…
2014 was another bumper crop year for Americana and roots music. We shared our favorites and you weighed in with more. 2015 shows no signs of easing up as stalwarts like Steve Earle and James…
It defies all marketing logic. Take thoughtful, and oftentimes uncomfortable, music built unapologetically (and more importantly, without irony) from instrumentation and melodies that reflect the past and drag it into the present. Brazen sentimentality in…
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It’s a bumper year for Willie Nelson fans. The best selling ‘Band of Brothers” was released over the summer and as reported earlier, his second album of 2014, December Day, a collection cut with his…
On a North Texas night chilled by an early winter snap Merle Haggard and Marty Stuart brought a welcome reprieve by turning up the heat. “I hope you didn’t come looking for some fancy show.…
LynnThe reining Queen of Country Music inked her fist new record deal in more than a decade. Following Willie Nelson to Sony Legend the new agreement covers “several albums of new material,” produced by Lynn’s…
Grammy winner Christopher King ( Charlie Patton: Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues) has produced ‘When I Reach That Heavenly Shore : Unearthly Black Gospel, 1926-1936.’ The box set will be released December 9th on Tompkins…