Mia x Ally photo by Colors by Harry Mia x Ally Champion The Versatility of The Electric Violin and Bagpipes Mia x Ally are a duo of instrumentalists who have generated a major reaction from audiences online and more recently have been able to get touring, first with a shorter run last spring, and now […]
Kristen Grainger and True North Lean Into Emotion For Fear of Falling Stars Pacific Northwest-based string band Kristen Grainger and True North recently released their new album Fear of Falling Stars, a collection that really builds on their tradition of emotive storytelling and off-the-beaten path observations that ring very true of modern life. With Kristen […]
Danny O’Keefe photo by Davis Freeman Danny O’Keefe On Circular Turns and Why Compassion Is Key Danny O’Keefe has recently released a new collection of songs via Sunset Blvd. Records titled Circular Turns. It’s a dual-structured release since it contains, firstly, a selection of seventeen lesser known songs from 1999 through 2017, and secondly, a […]
Louis Michot photo by Olivia Perillo Louis Michot Dreams New Dreams For Rêve du Troubadour Louis Michot is best known as the fiddler and vocalist for the award-winning Louisiana band Lost Bayou Ramblers and also as the mastermind behind the label Nouveau Electric. But he has recently released his first solo-album which built on his […]
Caleb Lee Hutchinson interview Caleb Lee Hutchinson’s Southern Galactic Explores New Frontiers Caleb Lee Hutchinson recently released his new album, Southern Galactic, with which he intentionally pushes sonic boundaries to try to bring his Georgia County roots into dialog with elements of pop and rock. To pursue that goal, he worked with Titanic Sinclair, a […]
Nancy Jones & Ken Abraham Share Stories from Playing Possum: My Memories of George Jones Nancy Jones and Ken Abraham threw themselves into the task of telling Nancy’s side of the story regarding her life as George Jones’ wife of 30 years in this book, knowing that they’d be tackling a lot of stories and […]
Ricky McKinnie / Blind Boys photo by Jim Herrington Black Violin photo by Mark Clennon Ricky McKinnie of The Blind Boys of Alabama on Multi-Generational Collaboration with Black Violin The Blind Boys of Alabama have been very busy lately, releasing their new album Echoes of the South in early autumn, collaborating on two new singles […]
Corey Ledet Zydeco’s Médikamen Brings Creole Language To The Party Corey Ledet is a prolific musician and songwriter who’s always been invested in traditional music of his family’s native Lousiana, but with his latest album, Médikamen he takes things a step further by writing and performing completely in Kouri-Vini, the Louisiana Creole language. He recognizes […]
For Matt Ross-Spang, Southern Grooves Studio Is a Dream Come True Memphis native and Grammy Award-winning Producer Matt Ross-Spang is known for his love of vintage instruments and sound, and for his background working at some of the most storied studios to hone his skills. While he is very much in-demand regardless of what studio […]
John McCutcheon photo by Michael G. Stewart John McCutcheon on Building Together With Tom Paxton It seems to be an era of exceptional collaborations among seasoned songwriters and musicians, and we have another to add to that list, John McCutcheon and Tom Paxton finally creating an album, titled Together. For those who are members of […]
