Artist: Hannah Connolly Hometown: Los Angeles, California (via Eau Claire, Wisconsin) Latest Album: Shadowboxing Personal nicknames (or rejected band names): Han, Hannah Banana, Hannah Montana, Hanny How often do you hide behind a character in a song or use âyouâ when it's actually âme?â Most of the songs Iâve written and recorded so far have…
Last month, Sister Sadie took the stage at Nashvilleâs Station Inn to showcase and celebrate their latest album, No Fear. And although the title itself could be an ode to the groupâs unrelenting urge to hop genre fences â from bluegrass to country to pop and back again â itâs also a nod to the…
Despite her well-earned reputation as one of Nashvilleâs strongest songwriters and nuanced singers, Brandy Clark had gotten used to not hearing her name called at Grammy Awards ceremonies. Two years ago, her friend Brandi Carlile decided to do something about that. Carlile produced Clarkâs fourth studio album, Brandy Clark, which earned five of the six…
March is Womenâs History Month, and BGS, Good Country, and Real Roots Radio have partnered to highlight a variety of our favorite women in country, bluegrass, and roots music with our Womenâs History Spotlight. Each weekday in March at 11AM Eastern (8AM Pacific) on Real Roots Radio, host Daniel Mullins will be celebrating a powerful…
Guitarist Cary Morinâs (Crow/Assiniboine) new album, Innocent Allies, includes a striking painting on its cover created by renowned Western painter/sculptor Charles M. Russell (1864-1926), who spent his formative years as an artist in Morinâs home state, Montana. Innocent Allies, Russellâs work, depicts horses, cowboys, and settlers, routine subjects for the visual artist. The piece references…