Music The Lomax Legacy: Giving A Voice to the Voicelessudiscovermusic.com - Richard Havers Robert W. Gordon was the first man to undertake field-recording trips in an attempt to capture ethnic folk music. Using fragile, but potable, …
Play buttonMusic Remembering Celso Piña: Accordion Rebel, Mexican Folk PioneerRolling Stone - Andrew Casillas Celso Piña, one of Latin America’s most beloved accordion players and singer-songwriters, died of a heart attack in his hometown of Monterrey, Nuevo …
Folk Music Roots Music on the Tube: Summer 2019nodepression.com Next February will mark the 15th anniversary of YouTube, though it seems as if it’s been around forever. Owned and operated by Google, it is second …
Grateful Dead Grateful Dead tea is back from ; get a free boxbrooklynvegan.com - By Amanda Hatfield Tea company Celestial Seasoning first released a limited edition The Grateful Dead-themed tea, “Ramble on Rose,” last summer, and now they’re bringing …
Willie Nelson Willie Nelson launches CBD product line for petsconsequenceofsound.net - Lake Schatz Willie Nelson is such an avid cannabis proponent that not only does he have his own weed business, but he serves as the company’s chief tester. …
Reggae Why a whole new generation of young Europeans are turning to old-school reggae | The SpectatorThe Spectator - Colin GrantAcamera sweeps across the verdant, shimmering beauty of Jamaica before descending on to a raffishly charming wooden house built into the hills. We’re at a music studio where four of the pioneers who gave
Play buttonMusic Canned Heat Bassist Larry Taylor Dead at 77Rolling Stone - Ryan Reed Larry Taylor, longtime bassist of boogie rock act and original Woodstock performers Canned Heat, has died at the age of 77. The band’s manager and …
Play buttonClassic Rock Danny Gatton: the tragic story of the "the best guitar player that ever lived" | Louderloudersound.com - Ed Mitchell In March 1989, American magazine Guitar Player ran their now legendary ‘Unknown Greats’ cover feature. Subtitled ‘Amazing Players You’ve Never Heard …
Country Music The Carter Family: A History of the First Family of Country Musictheboot.com - Bobby Moore Country music would sound way different, if it existed at all, without the original Carter Family trio.Continue reading…
Albums Chart Etta James Makes The Album Chart, At Lastudiscovermusic.com - Paul Sexton Etta James was a mere 17 when she had her first R&B chart success, in 1955, with ‘The Wallflower.’ Her chart record immediately thereafter was up and …
An Interview with Robert Earl Keen and Lyle LovettGarden & Gun Magazine - Tom FosterThe two Texas songwriting legends share a forty-year friendship. This fall, they’ll also be sharing the stage When fellow Texans Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen go on tour together this fall, it’ll be
Music Billie Full Of GraceNPR - Tracy FessendenTo consider a women's Hall of Fame in American music is to come face-to-face with that music's debt to African-American religious life. The biggest names in blues — Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox — came
Guitar The One That Started It All: A Telecaster Historyfender.com The story behind the versatile guitar that conquered country, blues, rock and punk. The story behind the versatile guitar that conquered country, …
Play buttonMusic World Cafe Nashville: A New Music RoundupNPR - Jewly HightIn the pop music world, artists' windows of opportunity to break through seem shorter than ever. As quickly as they make names for themselves, they're pushed aside by the next big batch of next big things,
Music Blind Willie McTell’s Miraculous ‘Last Session’udiscovermusic.com - Richard Havers According to Bob Dylan, “And I know no one can sing the blues, like Blind Willie McTell.” Which may be true, but what he should have added was that …
Blues Music Robert Johnson: The Sound and the FuryVillage Voice - by Greil Marcus An early member of the 27 Club, blues master Robert Johnson has been an object of veneration among such rock luminaries as Eric Clapton and Keith …
Play buttonMusic On The Border With Maybelle Carter And Lydia MendozaNPR - Deborah VargasImagine, if you will, being a listener to a radio station on the U.S.-Mexico border in 1939. You would likely be listening to XERA, a radio station broadcast from Cuidad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, across
Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen’s Western Stars film to receive theatrical releaseconsequenceofsound.net - Alex Young This weekend’s release of Blinded by the Light isn’t the only Bruce Springsteen-themed film hitting theaters in the near future. Warner Bros. has just …
Jane Fonda Peter Fonda, ‘Easy Rider’ Actor and Counterculture Hero, Dead at 79Rolling Stone - Jason Newman Peter Fonda, the Oscar-nominated actor whose roles in Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider and Roger Corman’s The Trip made him a counterculture hero in the late …
Culture 50 facts about Woodstock at 50: LegacyBBC Culture - By Stephen DowlingTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, we’ve collected 50 facts about the iconic festival and the myths and legends it has spawned. This article covers the legacy the festival left – including
Culture 50 facts about Woodstock at 50: Myths and legendsBBC Culture - By Stephen DowlingTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, we’ve collected 50 facts about the iconic festival and the myths and legends it has spawned. This article covers births, deaths, Jagger’s and Joni’s no-shows,
Play buttonMusic Americana Godfather Jim Lauderdale Wants You to Listen MoreRolling Stone - Stephen L. Betts Since Americana became an official radio format in 1995, myriad male artists have been proclaimed the godfather of the roots-based genre. But few …
Country Music Country Music Should Be Political. After All, It Always Has BeenTIME - Jon MeachamHe was falling apart. Brilliant and tortured, devout and driven, Johnny Cash had been discovered in the Memphis of Sun Records–the musical milieu that gave America Elvis Presley–and had built a career
Jimi Hendrix Beyond Woodstock, highlights of early music festival history24matins.uk - By 24matins.uk with AFP, Music festival culture in recent decades has become an institutionalized part of the industry, but its first inklings began in the mid-twentieth …
Jason Isbell These Country Artists Support Gun ReformRolling Stone - Joseph Hudak After two mass shootings targeting country music fans, the 2017 Route 91 Harvest festival massacre and the following year’s Borderline Bar & Grill …
Play buttonWoodstock Music Festival Joan Baez Looks Back at Woodstock: ‘It Was the Eye of the Hurricane’Rolling Stone - Andy Greene Joan Baez took the stage of Woodstock a little before 1 a.m. on the first evening, following sets by Ravi Shankar, Melanie Safka, and Arlo Guthrie. …
Elvis Costello Americana Awards Set Elvis Costello, Others for Lifetime Honors (EXCLUSIVE)Variety - Chris Willman The Americana Music Association has set Elvis Costello, Maria Muldaur, Delbert McClinton and the songwriting team of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant for …
Chuck Berry Chuck Berry Documentary To Premiere At Nashville Film Festivaludiscovermusic.com - Laura Stavropoulos The architect of rock’n’roll Chuck Berry is the subject of a new documentary, titled Chuck Berry, which will be premiering at the Nashville Film …
Woodstock 50 Woodstock Remembered: Baron Wolman on Photographing the Legendary FestRolling Stone - Angie Martoccio Baron Wolman has a lot to say about the recent cancellation of Woodstock 50. “The whole thing is insane,” the rock photographer says. “An event of …
