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BGS Wraps: Ruby Amanfu, Billy Strings, Old Crow Medicine Show, and MoreFarewell 2023 and hello 2024! While we all relish the week that doesn’t exist – that delightful no-man’s-land between Christmas and New Year’s Day – there’s perhaps just one activity beyond abject laziness that’s appropriate for the turning of the year: Music! Whether you’re still in “pajamas hermit” mode or…

BGS Wraps: Luke Bulla, Celeigh Cardinal, Scythian, and MoreHappy Holidays from the entire team at BGS! The holiday weekend fast approaches and while we’re taking time away from our screens and inboxes this season, we hope you are, too. We’ll be back with more roots music content next week, but for now enjoy our final BGS Wraps before…

BGS Wraps: Patty Loveless, Darin & Brooke, Brei Carter, and MoreHow is December already half over? Christmas is merely 10 days away – and in just over six days, Winter Solstice will bring the light back into our lives. We hope your home smells of evergreen and sugar cookies and that a seasonal roots music tune is wrapping you up…

BGS Wraps: Brenda Lee, Andy Thorn, Joy Clark, and MoreHanukkah has begun, advent calendars have barely three weeks left, and days will start getting longer when we reach winter solstice in merely 13 days – but who's counting? As we lean further and further into the coziest, roots music-iest time of year, we're rounding up our favorite seasonal and…

BGS Wraps: Irene Kelley, Jon Pardi, Wynonna, and More

LISTEN: Mr Sun, "Shovasky's Transmogrifatron" (from Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite)

BGS Wraps: Amanda Shires, "Blame It On the Mistletoe Christmassy 2022"

BGS Wraps: Aaron Bibelhauser, "Christmas for Cowboys"

BGS WrapsDec 20, 2022

BGS Wraps: Daryl Mosley, "An Old Fashioned Christmas"

Artist: Daryl Mosley Hometown: Waverly, Tennessee Song: "An Old Fashioned Christmas" Label: Pinecastle Records In Their Words: "I've always had a love affair with the past. I love history, antiques, old music, old movies, old instruments, etc. As I've gotten older, things from my own past come into play. Rick Lang and I wrote the…

BGS WrapsDec 19, 2022

BGS Wraps: Jessye DeSilva, "Solstice Hymn"

Artist: Jessye DeSilva Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts Song: "Solstice Hymn" In Their Words: "I wrote 'Solstice Hymn' in December 2020, during the first COVID-era holiday season. Produced by Alex Calabrese of Old Tom & The Lookouts, I wanted the track to be sparse, but warm -- a sort of lullaby to those of us who struggle…

BGS WrapsDec 16, 2022

BGS Wraps: Williamson Branch, "Joy to the World"

Artist: Williamson Branch Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Song: "Joy to the World" Album: Very Merry Christmas Label: Pinecastle Records In Their Words: “Christmas time has always been the most joyful of celebrations for our family. We love the silliness of claymation cartoons, as well as the gifts under a festive Christmas tree. But ultimately, we celebrate…

BGS WrapsDec 15, 2022

BGS Wraps: Michaela Anne, "River"

Artist: Michaela Anne Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Song: "River" Album: Happy Xmas EP Label: Yep Roc Records In Their Words: “The impetus behind this record is that I was asked to perform a set of Christmas songs for a friend’s show. I had never thought of singing Christmas songs so I started from scratch, thinking of…

BGS WrapsDec 14, 2022

BGS Wraps: Rich Hinman, "White Christmas"

Artist: Rich Hinman Hometown: Los Angeles, California Song: "White Christmas" Album: Christmastown In Their Words: "The songs on Christmastown originally came from a holiday show I played with David Piltch and Barbara Gruska at 1642 in LA in December 2019. We had a few hours to fill, and initially my impulse was to find lesser-known…