Phil Leadbetter, affectionately known as bluegrassâ veteran dobro master âUncle Phil,â has been fighting a long battle with cancer. He announced that he was diagnosed with Classic Hodgkins Lymphoma in early 2011. His updates over the months have been a … Continue reading →
The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee [This is the second post this week on “Barton Hollow,” by The Civil Wars. Read the first one here. Also, this post is not about the Mick Sterling album Between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.]I … Continue reading →
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD The Grifterâs Hymnal Bordello 12-003 Ray Wylie Hubbard’s Web Site âAt least we ainât Lazarus and have to think twice about dying,â the grizzled Hubbard philosophizes … and with song titles like … Continue reading →
The Civil Wars With two Grammy Awards to their credit this year, The Civil Wars hardly need our blog to lift them out of obscurity…to the extent that we are able to lift anybody out of obscurity for anyone. Good … Continue reading →
MARIEL VANDERSTEEL Hickory Mariel Vandersteel www.marielvandersteel.com Mariel Vandersteel is a young fiddler who grew up in California. She attended a number of music camps which nurtured her old-time abilities. But at the same … Continue reading →
Bob Weir [This is the fourth post this week on Marty Robbins’s “El Paso.” You can find the first one here, the second here, and the third here.]I’ve found over the course of doing my weeks at the blog that … Continue reading →
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS Leaving Eden Nonesuch 529809 www.nonesuch.com www.carolinachocolatedrops.com The second Nonesuch CD from the Carolina Chocolate Drops is an aural wonderland! I’ve been listening to this band since their days as Sankofa Strings and … Continue reading →
[This is the third post this week on Marty Robbins’s “El Paso.” Read the first here, and the second here.] In today’s post, let’s give a listen to some of the Western material that Robbins created both at the time … Continue reading →
Laurette Luez [This is the second post on the song “El Paso.” Read the first one here.]Crossing BordersIn his essay on “El Paso” in The Rose and the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad,” music critic and … Continue reading →
NEW RIDERS of the PURPLE SAGE Instant Armadillo Blues: Best of 1971-1975 Raven 345 Raven Records Web Site NEW RIDERS of the PURPLE SAGE 17 Pine Avenue Woodstock 0037 … Continue reading →
