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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…
BGS 5+5: The PanhandlersArtist: The Panhandlers (Josh Abbott, John Baumann, William Clark Green and Cleto Cordero) Hometown: West Texas Latest Album: Tough Country Rejected Band Names: "I’m pretty sure we had a couple we were tossing around, but the second Cleto came up with The Panhandlers, we all knew that was the one!…
At His Lowest Point, Channing Wilson Turned Things Around With "Trying to Write a Song"With brutally honest songs soaked in blues, booze and emotional bruising, Channing Wilson is extending the tradition of raw country music with his debut album, Dead Man. Trading in pickup trucks and cut-off jeans for battles with depression, anxiety and addiction, he’s emerging with a style that echoes tormented tunesmiths…
What Does Touring in 2023 Look Like for Most Working Music Creators?If you take recent touring industry revenue reports at face value, business is booming. 2022 was a record-setting year with an estimated $6.28 billion, up 37% from the pre-pandemic year 2019. When the onion layers start to peel back though, noticeable is that $2.68 billion of that sizeable amount of…
InterviewFeb 23, 2023
A crystalline river flows lazily over rocks, a green hillside rising just beyond it to meet the bluest sky, and Marcus Veliz is clawhammering a hypnotic lick on his banjo in the foreground. “Ever try tuning to the river?” reads the caption to this picturesque reel on his Instagram profile @dirtylaundrytheband. “It might give you…
InterviewFeb 21, 2023
Artist: Mark Erelli Hometown: Melrose, Massachusetts Latest Album: Lay Your Darkness Down Personal nicknames (or rejected band names): Oh man, I don’t really have any! The only nicknames I had were in elementary school, where kids would taunt me with adjectives that rhyme with "Erelli." I’m sure you can come up with all the permutations…
InterviewFeb 15, 2023
Sunny War’s stunning new album, Anarchist Gospel, is never preachy, because it doesn’t need to be. War’s evocation of both anarchy and gospel in this context is strikingly grounded, blossoming from everyday understandings and interactions with each concept. And deeper still, in these sweeping, grand arrangements built on sturdy bones of fingerstyle, folk-informed right-hand guitar…
InterviewFeb 7, 2023
Artist: H.C. McEntire Hometown: Durham, North Carolina Latest Album: Every Acre What's your favorite memory from being on stage? Probably playing on stage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, and getting to open for and perform with the Indigo Girls there. It is often considered the church of country music in the U.S. You can…
InterviewFeb 1, 2023
Artist: Irene Kelley Hometown: Latrobe, Pennsylvania Latest Album: Snow White Memories Personal Nicknames: Renie Which artist has influenced you the most ... and how? I’d have to say the artist who influenced and inspired me the most has been and continues to be Dolly Parton. It all started in 1980, when I was the lead…
