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From Bristol Sessions to Bessie Smith, East Tennessee Is Rich in Musical HistoryThe Volunteer State has long been at the center of the music world, and East Tennessee destinations like Bristol, Johnson City, Knoxville and Chattanooga all have their own unique history and stories to tell about their roles in evolving the American music experience. To shine a light on these musical…
'Can I Eat This?' Food, Foraging, and Music with Sean Rowe and Guest Alisa Amador (Episode 2)BGS is thrilled to present the second episode of Can I Eat This?, a new series from singer-songwriter and avid forager Sean Rowe. In each episode, Rowe is joined by a musical guest with whom he ventures out into woods surrounding the artfully designed grounds of AutoCamp’s Catskills resort where…
Can I Eat This? Food, Foraging, and Music with Sean Rowe (Episode 1)BGS is thrilled to present Can I Eat This?, a brand new series from singer-songwriter and avid forager Sean Rowe. In each episode, Rowe is joined by a different musical guest with whom he ventures out into woods surrounding the artfully designed grounds of AutoCamp’s Catskills resort where wild food…
For Bluegrass Fans, Kentucky Offers a Commonwealth of Tourist AttractionsKentucky music is currently having a moment, but it’s far from the first time. Before artists like Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, and Chris Stapleton made it big, folks like Bill Monroe, Loretta Lynn, Keith Whitley, Crystal Gayle, Tom T. Hall, Patty Loveless, Ricky Skaggs, Dwight Yoakam, and countless others helped…
LifestyleJun 9, 2023
Highlighting the confluence of roots music and the mainstream, Railbird Festival welcomed 32 acts from across the rock, folk, and bluegrass spectrum to Lexington, Kentucky on June 3-4. Boasting headliners Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan, plus Charley Crockett, Whiskey Myers, Nickel Creek and more, a sold-out crowd of 40,000-plus helped kick off festival season with…
LifestyleFeb 10, 2023
Today's the day we finally set sail for the 15th edition of Cayamo: A Journey Through Song! The BGS team is stoked to be back onboard the Norwegian Pearl and are eagerly awaiting our two jam sets we're hosting this year, along with all the other collaborations and bits of magic that will inevitably manifest…
LifestyleSep 16, 2022
Can I Eat This? is a brand new series from accomplished singer-songwriter and avid forager Sean Rowe. In each episode, Rowe is joined by a different musical guest with whom he ventures out into woods surrounding the artfully designed grounds of AutoCamp’s Catskills resort where wild food abounds. In addition to finding, harvesting, and preparing…
LifestyleMay 14, 2021
I met Allison Russell briefly several years ago during AmericanaFest here in Nashville, Tennessee. Years later on a masked up photoshoot with Yola during the COVID pandemic, I talked with this wonderful friend of Yola's who introduced herself as Alli. We talked off and on during the shoot and had a wonderful time, only towards the…
LifestyleApr 30, 2020
This shoot happened just a few days after venues began closing and tours were being cancelled due to the coronavirus. Lilly Hiatt and I decided to continue, holing up in an empty venue called Drkmttr Collective here in Nashville by ourselves for a few hours. (You can support Drkmttr's GoFundMe to help keep them afloat,…
