Chatham County Line: Not your father’s bluegrass
Chatham County Line explores music beyond bluegrass, from the Stones and Beck to the McIntosh County Shouters.
All posts filed under: Saturday Soundtrack
Semi-regular Saturday updates – to break out of the more serious posts on other days of the week – on musical events, musicians and bands that catch my ear. Think of Paul Krugman’s “Friday Night Music” blog posts…without the PhD in Economics (not to mention the Nobel Prize).
Adia Victoria is making the blues dangerous again
Adia Victoria sings the blues, and she has important stories to tell.
The quicksilver guitar stylings of Bryan Sutton
Bryan Sutton is the most accomplished and awarded acoustic guitarist of his generation.
Kyshona: The music therapist gone rogue
Kyshona is a “music therapist gone rogue” with a message for a broken world.
Bela Fleck finds his way back to his roots
Bela Fleck’s first bluegrass album in more than 20 years came out this week. Progressive bluegrass at its best.
Rest in peace, beautiful singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith
Nanci Caroline Griffith (6 July 1953 – 13 August 2021), a singer-songwriter with a simple yet memorable voice.
Festival favorites
Fan favorites from music festivals I’ve loved through the years.
Abigail Washburn and the building of cultural understanding
Washburn’s music builds cultural understanding on the communal experience of beauty and sound.
Tim O’Brien helps us work through these trying times
A mainstay on the roots music scene, O’Brien has a new album on getting through our trying times.
Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen offer bluegrass food for the soul
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen: favorites of the bluegrass festival circuit.
