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Sitch Sessions: Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper feat. Charlie Starr, "One Horse Town"BGS March Artist of the Month Michael Cleveland and his band Flamekeeper made a special appearance with Blackberry Smoke's Charlie Starr inside East Nashville's 3Sirens recording studio for a Sitch Session recording of the Starr-penned "One Horse Town," which is also featured on Cleveland's new album Lovin' Of The Game.…
On 'Lovin' Of The Game' Michael Cleveland Brings His Bluegrass Community to the WorldThe entire world is learning what the bluegrass community has always known: Michael Cleveland is a once-in-a-lifetime talent. Cleveland has long enjoyed critical acclaim inside the bluegrass circles he grew up in – he is a 10-time winner of the IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year Award – but, given…
Artist of the Month: Michael ClevelandMichael Cleveland is likely the most awarded fiddler of our era. Along with a Grammy for best bluegrass album and dozens of IBMA trophies, he's also won our admiration and respect. You can hear the joy in his fiddling, while his friendly disposition helps him stay on the first-call list…
After 100 Shows, Madison Cunningham Broke Through Barrier of Stage FrightMadison Cunningham isn't afraid to open up. Her latest album, Revealer, finds the singer-songwriter, well, revealing glimpses into her innermost thoughts, whether she’s musing on the push-pull of big dreams and life on the road in "All I've Ever Known" or grappling with mistakes on acclaimed single "Hospital." "What's fun…
Artist of the MonthNov 18, 2022
It was conceived and written during the pandemic, yet Dave Simonett is leery of tethering Trampled by Turtles’ new album Alpenglow to the lockdown. “Fucking COVID record,” he snorts when he wanders into that territory in answering a question about its inspiration. “I won’t say that the changes in the songwriting have to do with…
Artist of the MonthNov 10, 2022
This week, we call into Minnesota to talk to frontman and lead-songwriter Dave Simonett of the innovative jamgrass pioneers Trampled by Turtles. LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS • SPOTIFY • STITCHER Celebrating a new record, Alpenglow, produced by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, the six-piece band has gone from storming shaggy local bars in Duluth to playing their…
Artist of the MonthNov 1, 2022
At a steady pace, Trampled by Turtles have built an international following for their acoustic music from their home base of Duluth, Minnesota. They have maintained a DIY aesthetic for nearly two decades, yet they opted for a new approach for their latest album, Alpenglow. Using an outside producer for the first time, the band…
Artist of the MonthOct 12, 2022
In the fourth episode of the new FX thriller, The Patient, a therapist played by Steve Carell wants to soothe a fellow prisoner while they are being held captive by a serial killer. So he sings this: “Almost heaven, West Virginia/Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River/ Life is old there, older than the trees/Younger than the…
Artist of the MonthOct 3, 2022
An unlikely entertainer, John Denver connected with millions of listeners at the peak of his career in the 1970s. Never fully stepping away from folk music even as he crossed over to the pop chart, Denver also left a significant mark on country music into the mid-1980s. It's been 25 years ago this month that…
