Ruthie Foster: The Long Road to Saying Yes For Ruthie Foster, the road to music began with a child’s stubborn curiosity: sitting close to the television, trying to convince her siblings that the Grammy Awards mattered. She watched singers like Janis Ian and Roberta Flack step into the light and sensed something larger than fame. […]
King Corduroy—Nashville’s Cosmic Troubadour of Southern Soul Serendipity, truly, can lead to great discoveries! My first visit to Nashville occurred a few months ago when my wife and I accompanied a family member and his wife who had tickets to a Riley Greene concert. Our visit over a long weekend was limited to the sensory […]
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Surrender Hill interview (photo by Michael Rudd) Folk duo Surrender Hill hails from North Georgia, and has spent time in South Africa recently, which inspired their recently released album Wild Country, along with recent events both in the states and globally. Rich with complex songwriting, delightful harmonies, and instruments like mandolin, banjo, organ and guitar […]
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Eric Conn Celebrates 25 Years of Nashville’s Independent Mastering Eric Conn is the Grammy-nominated mastering engineer and founder of Nashville-based studio Independent Mastering. This year, Independent Mastering celebrates 25 years, a major milestone, and in that time, Conn has worked with Garth Brooks, Neil Young, Joan Osborne, John Prine, Skid Row, Willie Nelson, JJ Cale, […]
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Norwegian-Americana: Maren Davidsen and the Long Road Back to Herself Before there was Tennessee, there was Stavanger. Before the highways, honky-tonks and imagined horizons of America, there was the Norwegian coastline—cold water, hard wind, immense mountains and a young girl searching for where she belonged. Maren Davidsen’s music exists in that distance between two worlds. […]
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We sat down for an exclusive interview with Logan Skloss, aka Logan Ryan of the Logan Ryan Band not long ago, where we had an opportunity to chat with him about his music and perspectives as a Texas native. Logan hails from Gonzales, Texas, a town known for being the starting place of the Texas […]
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We chatted with Darryl Lee Rush at the renowned Love and War in Texas venue in Plano Texas before his show last week. Photos are from the show that night. After walking through what seemed like a labyrinth of Love and War in Texas’s wood panels and kitchen tiles, Darryl leads us into “The Green […]
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Still in the Groove: Martha Reeves Keeps Searching Martha Reeves has spent more than six decades giving people reasons to dance. Her voice powered Motown landmarks like “Dancing in the Street,” “Heat Wave,” “Jimmy Mack,” and “Nowhere to Run,” songs that still spill from radios and playlists with enough spark to lift a room. Now, […]
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Todd Mack on Personal Songwriting and Working With Another Producer on ‘I’m Gonna Love You No Matter What’ Todd Mack is a singer/songwriter, producer, and founder of a non-profit called Music in Common. Previously, he’s played in different musical configurations, and run his own studio, but these days most of his time is taken up […]
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Sara Milonovich & Daisycutter Sara Milonivich is a songwriter and fiddler from the Hudson Valley, New York – an area where a lot of artists settle outside New York City. The area often attracts folks with a high income to visit for a day or so, while many of the artists in the area find […]
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