He has always felt a bit like a chameleon. Joseph Shipp doesn’t have a routine backstory. You can trace his early musical touchstones to his father’s eclectic tastes: Neil Young, Leo Kottke, traditional Irish folk and […]
Keeping bluegrass fresh but also keeping an eye on tradition. Bluegrass’s popularity has ebbed and flowed over the years, but whatever has driven any of the particular peaks such as the ‘60s folk revival, the rise […]
How Black Opry provided a second opportunity to follow his music career dream. Black Opry has been generating a lot of media interest lately as it attempts to build a network and community to support black […]
Making old-time music relevant for a modern audience with new songs. Willie Watson has had an impressive career as a singer-songwriter, guitarist, banjo player and sometimes actor, but more on that last one later. He was […]
How climbing into Jim Keltner’s drum kit as a child set him on a career as a drummer and percussionist. Joachim Cooder may have had a privileged view of the music industry as a child, but […]
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