I’m set to hit my very first AmericanaFest (assuming there’s not another incident similar to last year’s poorly timed appendicitis), and I’m highlighting some must-sees for anyone else who’s making the trek to Nashville, as well as sharing my choices for the Americana Awards (to be held Wednesday evening at the Ryman Auditorium). My ground […]
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Caveman Music Festival 2023 In the southern Colorado mountains sits the bucolic village of Weston, an unincorporated community located on the Highway of Legends Byway. Deep in the Purgatoire River Valley surrounded by wildlife and the epic views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Weston, Colorado is small-town nirvana, a place that has not yet […]
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Colorado native Neyla Pekarek, who traveled the world as an accomplished cellist and classically trained vocalist for the Lumineers, knows there’s nothing like the comforts of home. So, following her 2018 departure from the group that exploded onto the international scene with Americana authenticity only a few years earlier, Pekarek began breathing that fresh Rocky […]
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The Kerrville Folk Festival returns for an unprecedented 51st year. Once again The Quiet Valley Ranch outside of Kerrville, Texas will be turned into a music lover’s utopia for 18 days this spring. Beginning on Thursday May 25th and running through June 11th, this year’s festival promises to be one to be remembered. A lineup […]
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Blue Ox Music Festival 2023, The Pines Music Park, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, June 22-24, 2023 Blue Ox Music Festival 2023—Memories Will be Made in The Pines! Brooke Billick Blue Ox Music Festival 2023 is just 2 months away! The festival is all set for its 9th staging this summer at The Pines Music Park […]
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This year marks the 15th anniversary of the StageCoach Music Festival. Some of the biggest country acts will be performing in Indio, Ca April 28-30 at the Empire Polo Club. Headliners this year include, Luke Bryan on Friday, Kane Brown on Sunday and Chris Stapleton closing out the festivities on Sunday night. This year’s lineup […]
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Photo: The father of electronic music, Morton Subotnick, is a featured performer at the 10th annual Big Ears Festival on Knoxville, Tennessee on March 30 – April 2, 2023. Big Ears 2023 Preview and 2022’s Song of the Year Back before Thanksgiving, I wrote a piece about Tommy Prine, son of the legendary singer / […]
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Blue Ox Music Festival 2023, The Pines Music Park, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, June 22-24, 2023 Blue Ox Music Festival 2023 Looks Amazing Already! photos from last year’s event Blue Ox Music Festival celebrates its 9th year this summer at The Pines Music Park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, running from Thursday, June 22 through Saturday night June 24, […]
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While music occupied most of her time since Rachel Sumner became a founding member of Boston-based genre-blending band Twisted Pine in 2014, much more weighed on the singer-songwriter’s mind by 2019. Family health issues included her own battle with the bottle. Sumner needed to address those crucial concerns as she considered what career steps to […]
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Kerrville Folk is celebrating 50th anniversary at this year’s festival, which runs a whopping 18 days (yes, you heard that right) from May 26 through June 12th! The festival takes place near Kerrville, Texas, west of Austin and San Antonio, on the beautiful, spacious Quiet Valley Ranch. And what a history. “Bridging Generations” is part […]
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