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Author: Glenn Cook

Avett Brothers

Show Review: Avett Brothers at Wolf Trap 5/25

May 29, 2023May 28, 2023Glenn Cook0

The Avett Brothers — Wolf Trap 5/25/2023 Two plus decades into their career, The Avett Brothers have established a robust live following thanks to high-energy concerts that feel like both parties and family reunions. And more than 7,000 of those followers were rewarded Thursday as the North Carolina duo opened the summer concert season at […]

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Kathy Mattea

Interview: Kathy Mattea on Mountain Stage

April 27, 2023April 28, 2023Glenn Cook0

  Kathy Mattea is sitting outside the green room at the Culture Center Theater, working her way through a salad with grilled chicken as she talks about an experience that has changed her life. “At first I was like, ‘There’s no way. There’s no way I’m going to go host a radio show. I’ve got […]

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Tim O'Brien

Interview: Tim O’Brien on Mountain Stage

April 27, 2023April 26, 2023Glenn Cook0

For Tim O’Brien, performing on Mountain Stage is a homecoming. The Grammy Award winning country and bluegrass musician, songwriter and in-demand session player has played on the National Public Radio show more than any artist over the past 40 years. “I’ve got a cycle of writing songs, recording them, and then releasing them on a […]

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Mountain Stage Larry Groce interview

Interview: Larry Groce of Mountain Stage

April 26, 2023April 28, 2023Glenn Cook0

National Public Radio’s Mountain Stage is celebrating its 40th anniversary while simultaneously going through a transition. Larry Groce, the longtime artistic director of the Charleston, W.Va., based program, ceded his hosting duties to Kathy Mattea in 2021 and is retiring for good at the end of June. Groce, 75, created the show with producer Andy […]

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Band of Heathens

Show Review: The Band of Heathens at City Winery NYC

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023Glenn Cook0

Last month, the Band of Heathens performed three songs from their new album on “CBS Sunday Morning,” a remarkable achievement for the fiercely independent, Austin-based band that has built and sustained a devoted and growing fan following over the past 18 years. After the taping, group co-founder Gordy Quist caught Ron Sexsmith’s main stage show […]

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Dave Alvin

Interview: Dave Alvin on “New Highway”

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022Glenn Cook1

Dave Alvin — New Highway interview After more than 40 years on the road, Dave Alvin is itching to get back on the highway again. “Playing live is what I love to do more than anything. That’s just it for me,” says Alvin, the legendary California singer-songwriter and guitarist. “It’s my religion. That’s how I […]

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Reckless Kelly

Show Review: Reckless Kelly at Birchmere

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022Glenn Cook0

Reckless Kelly proudly carries the Americana/alt-country/Red Dirt torch. The Idaho-born, Austin-based group has been going for more than a quarter of a century now, but they remain as strong as ever live and in the studio. The latter was borne out with the release of 2020’s “American Girls/American Jackpot,” an ambitious double album that fits […]

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Amanda Shires

Show Review: Amanda Shires at 930 Club

September 11, 2022September 14, 2022Glenn Cook0

Amanda Shires has gone through an emotionally wrenching period that — at different points — made her question whether to continue pursuing her music career and wondering if her marriage would survive. The marriage — to fellow musician Jason Isbell —made it through a rough patch that started when he was recording 2020’s Reunions. And […]

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John Hiatt

Show Review: John Hiatt at Birchmere w/Grayson Capps opening

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022Glenn Cook1

John Hiatt played a show at the Birchmere w/Grayson Capps opening Throughout a career now in its fifth decade, John Hiatt has always collaborated with other artists, sometimes more successfully than others. But he’s always found a smooth groove with the Goners. The group’s chemistry was on display Monday in the second of two nights […]

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Patty Griffin

Show Review: Patty Griffin opened for the Chicks in Virginia

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022Glenn Cook0

Patty Griffin opened for the Chicks in Virginia It’s a time-honored tradition among musicians. If you make it big, don’t forget those who inspired and helped you along the way. Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Patty Griffin opened for The Chicks on their first headlining tour in 2000. This summer, as The Chicks hit the road for the […]

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