John Hartford

Interview: Katie Hartford Hogue on the Fiddle Tunes Project, Julia Belle, John Hartford and the Vortex

March 10, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Furthering John Hartford’s legacy by releasing unheard tunes into the Fiddleverse. This was a wide-ranging conversation with Katie Hartford Hogue talking about her experiences going through her late father John Hartford’s belongings and archives after his […]

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For the Sake of the Song: John Hartford “In Tall Buildings”

July 22, 2024 Viv Fish 9

Who would have thought such an innocuous title could resonate so deeply? I first heard this song when Hannah Read performed it as she opened for John Smith at Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, in […]

Classic Clips: John Hartford with Glen Campbell “Gentle On My Mind”

May 10, 2024 Paul Kerr 1

The late John Hartford seems, to this writer, to be criminally overlooked these days, 23 years after his passing. For those who remember him well it’s his fiddle and banjo-infused songs along with his love of […]

Interview: The Gibson Brothers’ Eric Gibson on their Darkest Hour

March 28, 2023 Martin Johnson 2

Mixing country, bluegrass, and ‘70s singer-songwriters to make The Gibson Brother’s sound. The Gibson Brothers have been playing bluegrass for more than thirty years, and have won numerous bluegrass awards and shared the stage and studio […]

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Town Mountain “Lines in the Levee”

October 10, 2022 Viv Fish 0

The soothing sound of heartland rock. Some Town Mountain has grown considerably since its inception fifteen years ago, not only in its membership but also in its energy, emotion and live shows. Original members Robert Greer […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 1

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers