Timeless songs for every age
Admiring bluegrass musicians deliver the first multi-artist tribute album of Tom Paxton songs.
Admiring bluegrass musicians deliver the first multi-artist tribute album of Tom Paxton songs.
Take an old standard, run it through your own interpretive filters, and great performances abound.
Remembering American Treasure Doc Watson this month on what would have been his 100th birthday.
When musicians gather onstage for jams, there’s often unexpected fun and sometimes a bit of magic.
The Punch Brothers bring innovation and love to their tribute to the late Tony Rice.
Wayfaring Stranger – plaintive yet hopeful – speaks to many on a variety of emotional levels.
Fan favorites from music festivals I’ve loved through the years.
The line from Doc Watson includes prestigious musicians and basement buskers. Here’s a tune they all love.
Over the Thanksgiving holidays, I was listening to a live performance by blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa from Madison, Wisconsin, on the SiriusXM B.B. King’s Bluesville channel. In between songs, Bonamassa recounted a story from the band’s current tour, noting that they had recently found themselves with a rare couple of days off while staying in nearby Chicago. Instead of going to their customary Days Inn, the band decided to treat themselves to two nights at the Four Seasons. Bonamassa said the accommodations were just what you’d expect from a luxury, four-star hotel, with the only downside being the 1200 “yuppies” who were attending a financial convention in the hotel. He ran into a group of these young, well-paid professionals at the elevator, and with his “street person” appearance and guitar case in hand, he became an instant target for a bully who clearly had more money than brains. Here’s how Bonamassa told of the interaction: Yuppie Bully: “Hi. What’s in the case?” Bonamassa: “‘It’s a guitar,’ I replied. ‘I wasn’t going to tell him that …
A birthday list of 60 things I’ve learned in my (now) 60 years of life.