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A Long, Musical Friendship: A Conversation With HawktailChalk it up to changes in the music business—goodness knows there are some reasons to do so—but whatever the cause, it’s clear that, at least in the roots music world, more musicians than ever are choosing to devote themselves to more than one project at a time. Case in point:…
'Miss You Like Hell' Explores Folk Music in TheaterFor the past 20 years, I’ve been working in the folk and roots music world in one way or another, and all the while I’ve been fascinated by the slow creep of folk music into musical theater, my other great love. At first it seemed an odd and exciting pairing…
Live What You're Singing: A Conversation with Sarah ShookWithin the bounds of country music, pronoun play doesn’t come easy, but Sarah Shook believes listeners are more than capable of finding ways to see themselves in her songs. With her band, the Disarmers, she deals with gender in her songwriting as a means to challenge the heteronormative forms of…
The Golden Age of Bluegrass... The '90s?!With the following eleven songs, we will convince you, the bluegrass jury, that neither the ‘40s, the ‘50s, the ‘60s, nor the ‘70s were the golden age of ‘grass. Before the bluegrass gods and all these gathered here today we unabashedly assert: the ‘90s were the absolute best years for…
In the days following the release of The Tree of Forgiveness, John Prine -- the 71-year-old master song crafter, storyteller, and lover of a good meatloaf -- had the best sales week of his decades-long career. His first album of originals since 2005's Fair and Square, it's a rare bit of triumph for the good guys -- and for an artist like Prine, who has…
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Sep 07, 2018Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, UK
