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Video: The Delines “Surfers in Twilight”

April 4, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

There are few writers who can distil people’s lives and stories into just a few lines as effectively as Willie Vlautin. It’s a rare lyrical gift: with perfectly chosen language and carefully selected fine environmental details, […]

Something for the weekend: Fountains of Wayne “Valley Winter Song”

April 1, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. Today is the second anniversary of the passing of the Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger, one of the first musicians whose life was taken by Covid. […]

Interview: Paula Boggs on reclaiming the black banjo heritage with Soulgrass

April 1, 2022 Martin Johnson 5

How living in the Pacific North West helped rewrite the bluegrass story from a black perspective. Paula Boggs is a fairly unique artist. While music has always been an important part of her life, her career […]

Classic Clips: Steep Canyon Rangers “Tell The Ones I Love” – Blue Ox Music Festival, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, June 2018

April 1, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0

Steep Canyon Rangers have a firm foot in both the traditional and more progressive bluegrass camps. Nine years after forming at UNC in 2000 they were discovered by Steve Martin who adopted them as his backing […]

Ian Noe “River Fools & Mountain Saints”

April 1, 2022 Keith Hughes 0

A fantastic if bleak portrayal of life and times in rural Appalachia. This is the follow up record to Noe’s debut ‘Between The Country’ and was recorded over a two year period on reel-to-reel tapes and […]