Jul 29 Watch Lissy Rosemont Write Songs at My Dining Room Table Behind the scenes look at the making of Lissy Rosemont's latest album, "Jelly Roll."… Continue watching
Jun 15 For ‘Chambergrass’ Group Crooked Still, Everything Old is New Again Music group Crooked Still goes back to old source material to create modern takes on traditional tunes by reworking instrumentation and lyrics. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch Crooked Still Makes Old Songs New Watch a profile of the "chambergrass" group Crooked Still. Continue watching
Jan 10 Abigail Washburn Uses Banjo as Tool for Diplomacy By Lauren Knapp For over a decade Abigail Washburn, a singer-songwriter and clawhammer banjo player, knew she wanted to help improve Chinese-American relations. She just never thought she'd be doing it through song. Continue reading
Aug 11 Conversation: Ricky Skaggs By Tom LeGro Ricky Skaggs has sold millions of records and won 14 Grammys, but the most important marker of success for him is a strong spiritual life. His latest album, "Mosaic," focuses in on his spiritual side with a mix of songs… Continue reading
Jun 23 No Longer Second Fiddle, Dave Rawlings Changes His Tune Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings have been singing harmony and picking guitars together for over a decade, but almost always under the marquee of her Bluegrass star power. Continue reading
Feb 09 Jeffrey Brown Recaps the Grammy Awards With the New Yorker’s Sasha Frere-Jones By Arts Desk The 51st Grammy Awards were held last night in Los Angeles, and there were some clear winners: New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne took home best rap album and rap song, British rockers Coldplay won best rock album and song of… Continue reading
Feb 02 Levon Helm: Rambling on the Roots Nestled in the woods at the foot of the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York, the majestic wooden structure that is home to Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble concert series is quite the site. Continue reading