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16 Summer Reads: New Books by Brandi Carlile, Mary Gauthier, and MoreMy summer essentials list is pretty simple: A ball cap and sunscreen for a hike, driving directions and a trail map for a day trip, and more than a few reading options for the couch that's inevitably waiting for me at the end of a long hot summer day. Gathering…
Allison Russell, Gentle Spirit and Whimsical StyleI 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…
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum: Take a Virtual Tour With New VideosA visit to the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum will enlighten and entertain any fan of acoustic music. While a road trip to Owensboro, Kentucky, will inevitably have to wait, you can enjoy these new videos with museum executive director Chris Joslin, who gives a close-up look at…
A Minute in New Orleans with Sarah Quintana and Michael DoucetThis is Sarah Quintana, singer/guitarist in Michael Doucet’s new solo project, Lâcher-Prise, and I love being a tourist in my own hometown, New Orleans. Michael and I met one Mardi Gras day, following a brass band through the French Quarter. Music is everywhere! Cajun and zydeco dancing, good Creole cooking…
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,…
LifestyleFeb 26, 2020
I had never met Charley Crockett before, though a list of our mutual friends would be long -- and would span the country. I first heard his music on NPR a year or so back and was struck by his style and voice. I figured I was picking up a soon-to-be new friend as I drove…
LifestyleFeb 7, 2020
Welcome to Gig Bag, a BGS feature that peeks into the touring essentials of some of our favorite artists. This time around, Jeremy Garrett details the items he always has nearby when out on the road. The main thing I take on the road in my gig bag is some reusable utensils and a water…
LifestyleDec 4, 2019
I met Logan Ledger at Santa's Pub in Nashville, sometime late in the winter of 2016. It wasn't long after that I first heard his voice -- one I would never forget and can always identify. Part of me would love to tell you to imagine Ray Price dropping acid with The Grateful Dead on…
LifestyleOct 3, 2019
Welcome to Gig Bag, a BGS feature that peeks into the touring essentials of some of our favorite artists. This time around, Pieta Brown shows us what she's gotta have on the road. Queen of the road! This guitar goes to all the gigs! It arrived on my doorstep as a gift one day; it's…
