When a member of a long established, well respected band releases a solo album on the heels of a release by the band, it raises a question… Does the solo project sound like the band’s work or does it take the listener in to uncharted waters and new directions? The answer to this question in […]
Ashland, Kentucky’s Riverfront Park made a beautiful venue for the first annual Foxfire Music and Arts Festival (Foxfire) September 24th and 25th. Hosted by the Paramount Arts Center (a beautiful 1400 seat downtown Ashland venue, that is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year), Foxfire saw around 2500 people show up to see established and rising […]
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Brett Noland — Her Name is Angel Brett Noland is not a name that a lot of people will be familiar with, in fact I was one of those people until I happened to catch his set at Festival of the Red a couple of months ago. During his set, he played several of the […]
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The Shelby Lore Band may not be a household name yet, but Shelby (guitar and lead vocals), Tyler Kiser (bass and vocals), and Luke Estep (drums and vocals) are working hard to change that. With two songs featured on The Big Ugly soundtrack (“Damn Good Night” and “Hard Drinking Man”) and a total of six […]
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Fazoli’s Freedom Fest The “Moonlight Stage” is an open-air stage on one end of downtown Morehead, Kentucky in the newly formed Downtown Morehead Entertainment District. Saturday, July 3,2021 saw music return to the Moonlight Stage for the first time in two years: “Fazoli’s Freedom Fest.” The main stage for Fazoli’s Freedom Fest, the Moonlight Stage, […]
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Cedric Burnside — I Be Trying. Legendary Mississippi Hill County Blues musician, the Grammy nominated Cedric Burnside’s new album I Be Trying was released on June 25,2021 on Single Lock records. I Be Trying’ has thirteen tracks, eleven written by Burnside and the remaining two tracks were written by his Grandfather, R.L. Burnside (‘Bird Without a […]
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Yucca Thunder Records artist, Chris Armes’ debut EP, Ocotillo Rose releases June 24, 2021. In addition to Ames, Ocotillo Rose features Ted Russell Kamp (Shooter Jennings) on bass, Kevin Post on lead guitars and pedal steel, Erik Olson on lead guitars, M Callahan & Justine Valdez on vocal harmonies, Christian Dorn and Hubert Payne (Keb […]
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Matt Green calls Lexington, Kentucky home after leaving Michigan twenty years ago. His debut EP, Perceptions of Time is released on all platforms on June 4, 2021. This five song EP features the Matt Green Band, comprised of Green on lead vocals and guitar, Joel Serdinis (fiddle and harmony vocals on ‘Left my Troubles’), Dennis […]
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Britton Patrick Morgan – I Wanna Start a Band What happens when you get to make a childhood fantasy a reality? That is exactly what Britton Patrick Morgan did with his second album I Wanna Start a Band, which is releasing on May 25, 2021. The album’s title stems from Morgan’s childhood fantasy of starting […]
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Craig Cummings – The Gulf Between Us When I think of places that Americana musicians hail from, Washington, D.C. is not the first place that comes to mind. Nor the second or third stop down the list. But Craig Cummings definitely changed my mind on that topic. The Gulf Between Us is Craig’s fifth studio […]
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