New Telecaster 75th Tribute Set for Ryman with “Top” Names
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If you know anything about country music, you know how integral the Fender Telecaster guitar has been to the music’s twangy sound over the years. A major roster of talent will assemble to celebrate 75 years of the Telecaster.
Album Review – Jack McKeon – “Talking To Strangers”
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It’s not just some of the staggering one-liners McKeon delivers. It’s how he embeds them within stories, settings, and characters that really sell those lines as prophetic, and make you heed them, not just hear them.
Telluride Celebrates 51 Years of Bluegrass, and 50 with Sam Bush
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Noam Pikelny—the banjo maestro and member of both The Punch Brothers and Mighty Polar—he said it best in his always humorous statements from the stage. “Telluride is like ‘Lord of the Flies’ meets the Grand Ole Opry.”
Ryan Adams Calls Out Jason Isbell at Show in Raleigh
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At a show on June 21st at the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh, NC, Ryan Adams called out Jason Isbell in an impromptu song possibly called “Don’t Forget The Laundry List.”
Molly Tuttle Makes a Lasting Memory at Telluride Bluegrass 2024
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Molly Tuttle and her magnificent band Golden Highway played the penultimate set at the 51st Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, leaving it all out on the stage, and in the case of Molly Tuttle, bearing more than just her soul.
In The Defense of Zach Bryan
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Despite Zach’s arena and stadium headliner status, this hatred and misunderstanding for his music among grassroots fans is quite severe and loud, and ultimately, damaging to the independent country community.
Emotional Moments Mark Sierra Ferrell’s Return to Telluride Bluegrass
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The world is a better place because the music of Sierra Ferrell. Country music is better because Sierra Ferrell plays and performs. You are a better person if you partake in the music of Sierra Ferrell.
Tyler Childers to Play Benefit for Blackfeet Nation
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The Blackfeet Indian Reservations hasn’t been the victim of any major natural disasters lately. Instead, the benefit appears to be tied to a cause that Tyler Childers regularly champions in his native region of Appalachia: addiction.
Charley Crockett Charms the 2024 Telluride Bluegrass Festival
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Charley Crockett made his Telluride Bluegrass Festival debut at the 51st gathering Thursday night (6-20), and left a massive impression, putting on what might be the most animated and impassioned set of his career.
Robert’s Western World Door Man Assaulted, Suspects Sought
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Disturbing video caught a group of men assaulting the doorman at Robert’s Western World late Thursday night (6-20) in front of the establishment on Lower Broadway in Nashville. Robert’s is asking the public to share the information.
Pony Bradshaw to Complete Album Trilogy with “Thus Spoke The Fool”
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Well, it’s finally happening. For years, distinguishing and attentive listeners have been proclaiming that Pony Bradshaw is the best songwriter nobody’s ever heard of. But songs that great were not going to be kept down.
One For The Ages: Chris Thile & Billy Strings Open Telluride Bluegrass
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Billy Strings and Chris Thile opened the 51st annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival Thursday (6-20), and they didn’t have a “performance,” they had a conversation in a language that only these two maestros could possibly comprehend.
On Jason Kelce’s Rant About Country Music
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The two Kelce brothers host a podcast together called New Heights, and have the internet all agog after Jason Kelce (the brother NOT having intercourse with Taylor Swift) twisted off on country music during the latest episode.