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First & Latest: For Darrell Scott, It's Almost Always "A Great Day to Be Alive"For a musician that could easily play every instrument in a standard bluegrass lineup – plus dozens more – it's remarkable that Darrell Scott put out a post-pandemic record, Old Cane Back Rocker, that decidedly features a band. A picker's picker and a songwriter's songwriter, Scott has in the past recorded…
Wilma Lee Cooper: A Mountain Music Star Shining Through the DecadesWilma Lee Cooper, who died in 2011 at age 90, is being inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame this month. Many of her fans, friends and followers say it’s about time. A snapshot of Wilma Lee. Wilma Leigh (later changed to "Lee") Leary, was born in West Virginia…
PREVIEW: IBMA's World of Bluegrass, This Week in RaleighThe biggest week in bluegrass has arrived. The International Bluegrass Music Association's annual business conference and festival begins tomorrow, September 26, and continues through Saturday, September 30, in Raleigh, North Carolina. It's the 10th year the event has been hosted in the music-rich state of North Carolina. From Tuesday to…
'Jump For Joy' May Be Hiss Golden Messenger's Most Autobiographical Album YetIt’s become commonplace in our culture for certain public figures to claim they speak for wide swaths of humanity – not just themselves and their families, but their community, nation and even beyond. Then there’s Mike “M.C.” Taylor, guiding-light frontman of the North Carolina Americana band Hiss Golden Messenger. In…
FeaturesSep 20, 2023
Singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Carl "Buffalo" Nichols loves and treasures the blues, but he acknowledges that his vision of what the music can and should do differs greatly from that of many performers he's met in the field. Indeed, Nichols, whose brilliant new LP, The Fatalist – his second for Fat Possum, which dropped September 15…
FeaturesSep 19, 2023
AmericanaFest is HERE! The annual festival, business conference and roots-music extravaganza will once again take over Nashville beginning today, September 19, through Saturday, September 23. While of course we're most looking forward to our event presented with Queerfest, the Good Ol' Queer Country Jamboree, on Saturday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., the entire week…
FeaturesSep 19, 2023
Artist: Ariel Posen Hometown: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Latest Album: Reasons Why Personal Nicknames (or rejected band names): AP or Guitariel Which artist has influenced you the most – and how? I think I'd have to say the Beatles. It was what I was brought up on and, even though I don't like to compare things…
FeaturesSep 15, 2023
Hello Folks! My name is Chris Pierce. I’m a musician, songwriter and storyteller. My new album, Let All Who Will, was created to offer a message of resilience and empowerment – and to remind those who have been pressed to never give up the good fight for justice and equality. The songs are there for…
FeaturesSep 14, 2023
Since 2017, Bourbon & Beyond has become one of the BGS Team’s favorite annual events. The music, spirits and food festival held at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, Kentucky, always boasts a roots-forward lineup – on and off the BGS Stage. In anticipation of Bourbon & Beyond kicking off Thursday, September 14, and running…
