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Dex Romweber Duo / Buffalo Clover / Jim Skinner / Little Bandit / Don Schlitz
REVIEW: Big Bands (And One Little One) Americana music is a minimalist art form, by and large. At its core is the lone songwriter with an acoustic guitar, and major heroes in our world know that their audiences won’t demand a full band on the road and often prefer the... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at Music City Roots Radio
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David Jacobs-Strain / Annie Sellick / Ryan Cavanaugh / Jeff Coffin / Rahsaan Barber
REVIEW: Surprises Saxophonist and show-closer Jeff Coffin offered a very cool insight about jazz in our interview at Roots Wednesday night. The word improvisation, he said, comes from the Latin improvisio, which means the unexpected, or to put it another way - surprise. That certainly at the core of my... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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Jim Avett / The Waybacks / Della Mae / Pokey LaFarge / Peter Rowan
REVIEW: Merlefest Moments A friend once turned to me after a set at Merlefest and said “Ooh, I had a Merlefest Moment.” And I said, “Oh wow, you have those too?” It put a name on something that had been happening to me year after year as I attended that... Continue reading
Posted May 6, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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Andrew Combs / Joe Mullins & Radio Ramblers / Allen Thompson / Sweethearts of the Rodeo / Andrew Leahey
REVIEW:1972 “You have to hit all the bases,” said bandleader and broadcaster Joe Mullins from the stage on Wednesday night. He was talking about a bluegrass show, where you’d better sing about momma, murder, trains and God before the night’s over. But he might also have been describing a good... Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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HuDost / Howlin' Brothers / Roger Alan Wade / Saint Johns
REVIEW: Flower Power Things are warming up. On Tuesday evening I was at the ballpark basking in a perfect 70 degree night with a skim of pollen on my beer (you should try it – delicious). Then Wednesday, it’s a scorching 87 degrees! An anomaly I’m sure. Of course that’s... Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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Keller Williams & Travelin' McCourys / Altan / Shannon Whitworth / Derek St. Holmes / Great Peacock
REVIEW: Pumped Up Kicks “Uncle” John Walker (my new nickname for our show’s co-founder) wore his Detroit Tigers cap Wednesday night in honor of the city that offered a musical education/upbringing to himself and his old pal Derek St. Holmes, the man set to play our penultimate set at the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 9, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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Yarn / Adam Pope / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / John Cowan / Benjy Davis
REVIEW: No Fluke Musical legends come in may shades of cool, from not at all to unapproachably awesome. And sometimes they come in cool shades, the way W.S. “Fluke” Holland did at Music City Roots this week. They were gold aviator specs that went ever-so-well with his amazing mane of... Continue reading
Posted Apr 1, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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Charlie Parr / Johnny Swim / McCrary Sisters / Alanna Royale / The Danberrys
REVIEW:Oh Mamma With a lineup that flowed as naturally as a mountain creek, bountiful and beautiful voices, two full horn sections, tons of new music from new albums and a tent revival climax, I’ll nominate last night’s Roots for best in show. Quintessentially eclectic, we touched the bases of traditional... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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Luella & The Sun / The Vespers / Shelly Colvin / Andrew Duhon / Mandi Rae
REVIEW: Femmes Fatales If there’s one thing in live music that people react to more than any other, it’s intensity. I’ve seen mediocre players and singers make huge audience connections by pushing their gifts to the limit and just opening themselves up emotionally. Yes, it’s a risk. It can go... Continue reading
Posted Mar 18, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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Samantha Crain / Henry Wagons / Shawn Byrne / Ed Snodderly / Banditos
REVIEW: In Your (Kid) Face Did I give fair warning? I told you that Australia’s Henry Wagons cultivates audience participation. I mentioned that he might be somewhat interactive. A scenario I did NOT anticipate was any of our lovely crowd being encouraged to make gagging, last-breath-on-Earth sounds over a microphone... Continue reading
Posted Mar 11, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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Bonnie Bishop / Etta Britt / LeeHarvey Osmond / Jerry Joseph / Chicago Farmer
REVIEW: Stage Presence For many musical artists, there are THREE ugly, inescapable truths of life: death, taxes and stage banter. Of course it’s a pleasure for many, but for others it’s their least favorite part of being on stage: The songs feel natural. The chat feels forced. But we were... Continue reading
Posted Mar 4, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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Taylor Brashears / Jon Weisberger / The SteelDrivers / Randy Kohrs / Troubadour Kings
REVIEW: Man Crush Next week, Roots features two powerhouse female vocalists, but last night at the Loveless Barn it was raining men – men who can sing so powerfully they’d have all four judges’ chairs spinning around on The Voice (only to discover that our guys want no part of... Continue reading
Posted Feb 25, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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NEW WEB HOME
Posted Feb 19, 2013 at String Theory Media
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Live From Tamworth / Jim Lauderdale / Elizabeth Cook / Felicity Urquhart / David Jacobs-Strain / Kirsty Akers / and more!
Posted Feb 18, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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Two Story Road / ROAR / Vickie Vaughn / Elenowen / Josh Mirenda
REVIEW: Rebels With A Cause Is it rebellious to be rootsy? Well, kinda. Less so than a few years ago perhaps, before the internet truly blew up the major label system and Americana started finding new paths to success. Now the revolution is well under way, taking music back to... Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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Joey Morant / Jason Ringenberg / Volunteer String Band / Drivin' N' Cryin' / Don Gallardo and How Far West
REVIEW: It's A Band Thing One of my favorite things to watch is our Music City A-Team musicians supporting an artist who’s new to them and who keeps them on their toes. Trumpet player and singer Joey Morant may have been wearing the gold sportcoat and tie in the spotlight... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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extremely south by ever so incredibly southwest
Posted Jan 30, 2013 at String Theory Media
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Thorpe McKenzie, Leon Russell, Josh Farrow, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Star & Micey
REVIEW: Hank's A Lot From where I sat (at my new journalist super-station off stage right), Leon Russell was, physically speaking, in the background. Seven musicians filled the stage with bodies and energy and music. And waaaay over on the other side, by Keith Bilbrey’s podium, was a thicket of... Continue reading
Posted Jan 19, 2013 at Music City Roots Radio
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animating music: the awesome work of stephen malinowski
See this. Be amazed. Commentary follows. A recurring theme of this blog is me worrying about my culture’s long-term estrangement from serious composed music. Never mind the reasons behind or scope of the problem. My constructive side (he’s smaller than... Continue reading
Posted Jan 13, 2013 at String Theory Media
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music and my daughter part 9: yes she can can
Posted Dec 30, 2012 at String Theory Media
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music in real life
My upcoming String Theory live shows at Bongo Java After Hours Theater in Music City (details one post below) are dedicated in equal parts to explaining some of music's amazing inner workings and about urging music back where it belongs... Continue reading
Posted Oct 18, 2012 at String Theory Media
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new thing: string theory (surround sound edition) LIVE!
Posted Oct 12, 2012 at String Theory Media
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liner notes for the time jumpers
Posted Sep 11, 2012 at String Theory Media
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Almost too obvious to mention I guess. And yes, we're all around broadcast music, but there's something pretty critical about having access to record collections or stashes of music that you can rifle through. One is never quite so attuned to a recording as when one puts one on out of curiosity. I.E. "I've heard ABOUT this but I've never HEARD it."
Commented Sep 11, 2012 on coming clean about music piracy at String Theory Media
coming clean about music piracy
This summer, an NPR intern blogged candidly about her life acquiring free music, and a few pious musicians and commentators protested her life of crime. (The exchange and surrounding kerfuffle was summarized nicely in American Songwriter.) It was only the latest flare-up in a long debate. For ...
coming clean about music piracy
Posted Sep 10, 2012 at String Theory Media
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