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Author: Keith Smith

Brennen Leigh

REVIEW: Brennen Leigh (featuring Asleep at the Wheel)  “Obsessed with the West”

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022Keith Smith0

Brennen Leigh (featuring Asleep at the Wheel)  — Obsessed with the West There is an old adage that says that sometimes in order to move ahead you have to go back. Nashville staple Brennen Leigh’s seventh album does just that. Partnering with the legendary band Asleep at the Wheel and other top notch artists Leigh […]

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Keb' Mo'

Show Review: Keb’ Mo’ at Waterville Opera House

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022Keith Smith0

Keb’ Mo’ and The Brother Brothers — Show at Waterville Opera House 2/5/22 It was a frigid Saturday night with freshly covered snow in the quaint town of Waterville, Maine. But, it was warm and inviting for the attendees at the majestic and acoustically superb Waterville Opera House for the sold out show featuring Keb’ Mo’ […]

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Norman Blake

REVIEW: Norman Blake “Day by Day”

February 8, 2022February 12, 2022Keith Smith0

Norman Blake — Day by Day If you are under fifty the name Norman Blake probably doesn’t mean that much to you. But, if you are in the other category and a follower of the folk, old-time, and country music wave of the sixties and seventies his name is legendary and was a much sought […]

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Gary Clark Jr

Show Review: Gary Clark Jr 11/1

November 3, 2021November 3, 2021Keith Smith0

Gary Clark Jr — Portland Theatre in Maine, November 1, 2021 How do you fill the majestically renovated State Theatre in Portland, Maine to full capacity on a Monday Night? You book Gary Clark Jr., that’s how. It was refreshing and encouraging to see the mostly mid-twenty to thirty somethings pack the house and be […]

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AmericanaFest 2021 Rodney Crowell

Show Review: AmericanaFest 2021 – Day 5

September 26, 2021September 28, 2021Keith Smith1

AmericanaFest 2021 — Day 5 The last day of Americana Fest and it was big one. Warm and sunny again in Nashville. Can’t believe the weather we have had. The day started at the brand new Eastside Bowl which is going to be amazing when finished. They hosted the Americana Fest Day Stage sponsored by […]

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AmericanaFest2021 Jim Lauderdale

Show Review: AmericanaFest 2021 Day 4

September 25, 2021September 25, 2021Keith Smith0

AmericanaFest 2021 — Day 4 Started another beautiful day four by going up to Robert’s Western World and getting the best cheeseburger in Nashville and a PBR while catching country talent and mainstay of Robert’s, Joshua Hedley. Moved on down Broadway to Acme Feed and Seed to catch the impeccable and incredibly talented Mastersons. Went […]

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AmericanaFest 2021 Grace Pettis

Show Review: AmericanaFest 2021 Day 3

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021Keith Smith1

AmericanaFest 2021 — Day 3 Beautiful sunny cool day here in Nashville yesterday. Started the day on the roof top of the Bobby Hotel with rocker Grace Pettis and balladeer Waylon Payne. Scooted down to Robert’s Western World to see the queen of the Honky Tonk Sarah Gayle Meech. Filled up with ribs at Rippy’s […]

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AmericanaFest

Show Review: AmericanaFest 2021 Days 1 & 2

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021Keith Smith2

Pulled into Nashville on Tuesday and headed right over to Roberts Western World for fried bologna sandwiches, PBR’s, and Brennan Leigh and her smoking classic country. Wednesday dashed over to Ernest Tubb’s Record shop for a special taping of Midnight Jamboree with Charley Crockett. The reincarnation of a true Nashville tradition. Toured the Country Music […]

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Anni Clark

REVIEW: Anni Clark “Will It Ever Be the Same”

August 23, 2021August 22, 2021Keith Smith0

Anni Clark — Will It Ever Be The Same Anni Clark for all practical purposes should not be alive to have released this album. Clark, who began her career in 1981 and toured nationally known for 23 years on the folk scene to public acclaim and who released 7 albums, decided to hang it up […]

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Jim Lauderdale

REVIEW: Jim Lauderdale “Hope”

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021Keith Smith1

Jim Lauderdale — Hope Lauderdale who is a legend and staple of the Nashville singer songwriter scene and world for over three decades and 34 albums, and who is greatly overlooked by the mainstream media, has taken a different direction in what most people in the know have come to expect from him. It’s a […]

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