Woody Guthrie’s Songwriting Wisdomacousticguitar.com For a guy just past his 100th birthday, who in fact died 45 years ago, Woody Guthrie has been remarkably active in the songwriting business lately. …
Play button1980s Ric Ocasek, Cars Singer Who Fused Pop and New Wave, Dead at 75Rolling Stone - Kory Grow Ric Ocasek, the idiosyncratic singer and guitarist for the Cars and hitmaking album producer, died on Sunday in his New York City apartment. He was …
Bruce Springsteen Details on opening of Bruce Springsteen documentary ‘WesternPage Six - By Dave McNary Bruce Springsteen documentary “Western Stars” has been set for an exclusive two-night theatrical release on Oct. 19 and 23 by Warner Bros. and Fathom …
Country Music Meet Minnie Pearl: Legendary Country Comedian and Unifying Forcetheboot.com - Bobby Moore Get to know the story behind country comedian and Grand Ole Opry legend Minnie Pearl.Continue reading…
Music Remembering The Mighty ‘Possum,’ George Jonesudiscovermusic.com - Paul Sexton The country legend they called ‘Possum’ was born on 12 September 1931 in Saratoga, Texas, and is still seen by many as the greatest singer in the …
Eddie Money Eddie Money Dead at 70Pitchfork - Madison BloomSinger-songwriter and rock musician Eddie Money has died, as Variety reports. He was best known for his hits throughout the late ’70s and early ’80s, including “Two Tickets to Paradise,” “Baby Hold On,”
Bluegrass Music The Bluegrass Revival: What Americana Music Can Learntherealeasyed.com - Easy Ed A while back I wrote a column titled “The Aging of the Americana Music Audience,” and expressed concern that as baby boomers get older there may not …
Country Music A Photographer’s Ode to the Roots of Country MusicGarden & Gun Magazine - Bill ShapiroA new book of recovered photos taken on the porches and back roads of Appalachia offers an intimate look at some of traditional Southern music’s early greats In 1961, as much of the world was focused the
Country Music Black Artists Built Country Music—And Then It Left Them BehindTIME - Andrew R. ChowOver the past few months, a contentious debate has raged over whether Lil Nas X, whose single “Old Town Road” spent a record 19 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 this summer, is a country artist. But for
Daniel Johnston Daniel Johnston Dead at 58Pitchfork - Braudie Blais-BillieDaniel Johnston, the lo-fi singer-songwriter and visual artist who rose to underground fame in the ’80s, has died. According to a statement from his family, Johnston died of natural causes. His former
Country Music Ryman Auditorium collecting accolades - Tennesseannewsmemory.com The Ryman Auditorium was already a flourishing and iconic music venue in 2008 when it hosted 171 concerts, Grand Ole Opry shows and other events. …
Americana With Momentum And Growing Diversity, Americana Celebrates 20 Yearswmot.org - Craig Havighurst When the founders of the brand-new Americana Music Association first met in Nashville in 1999, there was no Third Man Records, no 5 Spot and no Mercy …
K.D. Lang k.d. lang : Ingénue | 9.0Pitchfork - Laura Snapesk.d. lang’s career started with a round of open-heart surgery. In 1983, the woman born Kathryn Dawn was involved in a 12-hour performance art piece in which she and her peers in Edmonton, Canada, re-enacted
New York State The Locations Behind 28 Iconic Album Sleeves – And Where To Visit Them In Real LifeNME - Emily Barker From Abbey Road to Paul’s Boutique, some seemingly innocuous places have been so immortalised by the iconic record sleeves that bear their image that …
Bob Dylan Saturday Sessions: J.S. Ondara performs "Saying Goodbye"CBS News As a teenager in Kenya, J.S. Ondara fell in love with American folk music, memorizing parts of Bob Dylan's catalog. By 20, he'd gotten a green card, …
Linda Ronstadt Documentary 'Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice' Plays It Safe — And WarmNPR - Ren JenderQuick, name the Mexican-American singer who scored chart-topping hits from the late 1960s to the tail-end of the '80s, who put out six platinum-selling albums in a row in the '70s, and whose former touring
Music Buddy Holly: Not Your Average Teen Idoludiscovermusic.com - Richard Havers Bruce Springsteen once said, “I play Buddy Holly every night before I go on; that keeps me honest.” Amen to that! If Elvis embodied rock ‘n’ roll, …
Cemeteries EASY ED’S BROADSIDE: Keep Me in Your Heartnodepression.com Early in the morning my sister and I drove south for about 90 minutes, picking up I-95 in New Jersey and eventually turning west. We pulled off the …
Americana AmericanaFest 2019: Can You Be Americana If You’re Not From America?nashvillescene.com A well-recorded Nashville songwriter once asked me: “How can Richard Thompson win a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association? …
Play buttonMusic Hear North Mississippi Allstars’ ‘Mean Old World’ With Jason Isbell, Duane BettsRolling Stone - Joseph Hudak On October 4th, the North Mississippi Allstars will release their new album Up and Rolling. It’s a fresh batch of 12 songs from Luther Dickinson and …
Music Sugar Pie DeSanto Starts Her Soulful Missionudiscovermusic.com - Paul Sexton In the glorious canon of Chess Records, other better-known names sometimes overshadow the wonderful work of New York-born soul songbird Sugar Pie …
Jerry Garcia New Grateful Dead Photography Book Offers Deep Dive Into Jerry Garcia's Lifebillboard.com - Gil Kaufman Famed rock photographer Jay Blakesberg will release the fine art photography book Jerry Garcia: Secret Space of Dreams on Oct. 15. The 208-page …
Music Josh White – Liberal, Subversive, And A Bluesmanudiscovermusic.com - Richard Havers Born on 11 February 1914 and passed away on 5 September 5 1969 at the age of 55, Josh White had made his first appearance on record in 1928, aged, …
Music Joan Shelley’s ‘Like the River Loves the Sea’ is an Intimate Study in Beauty and SorrowRolling Stone - Jon Freeman Over the course of her six full-length albums, Kentucky singer-songwriter Joan Shelley has trafficked in the strain of intimate, earthy folk and …
Albums World’s worst album covers that should never have seen the light of daythesun.co.uk - Jacob Dirnhuber THESE hideous album covers should have never seen the light of day - including a Dutch album called 'Kingsize Dick' and Scottish advertising their …
Bob Dylan FBI Tracking of Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo Foreshadowed Future...truthout.org - Aaron J. Leonard When neo-fascist “Proud Boys” rallied in Portland, Oregon, on August 17 and were confronted by an array of leftist protesters, Donald Trump weighed …
Americana Andy Griffith's Mayberry: Americana Lost And Found - The Real Easy Edtherealeasyed.com - Easy Ed When most people think back to the ’60s, some things that might come to mind could be the social, cultural, and political changes; exploration of …
Guitar Hank Marvin on his career, collaborating with guitar legends and his new album, Goldguitar.com - Guitar.com Without Hank Marvin, the electric guitar might have ended up in a very different place. The Shadows’ guitar player’s lyrical playing style and …
Music The Legacy Of Nick Drake’s Album Debut ‘Five Leaves Left’udiscovermusic.com - Paul Sexton Don’t go looking for extensive chart statistics to map the career of Nick Drake, because there aren’t any. That’s to say that, however much we now …
