From Rodeo Rider to ‘Purple People Eater’ Star: The Wild Journey of Sheb Wooley (AKA Ben Colder)
by Donald Jacobs …shuffle…shuffle…shuffle…THUD! Hello wall… I didn’t see you standing there… Thus begins the song Hello Walls no 2 (a parody of the hit
by Donald Jacobs …shuffle…shuffle…shuffle…THUD! Hello wall… I didn’t see you standing there… Thus begins the song Hello Walls no 2 (a parody of the hit
What do goat testicles and a radio station in Mexico in the 1930’s have to do with country music legends The Carter Family, the popularization
by Aaron Bartmess 4/5 I’ll be honest and say that Tyler Childers’ latest album, Rustin’ In The Rain, is my first exposure to his work,
by Amos White Emmylou Harris moved to New York in the mid sixties and began singing folk music on a local circuit to mild fanfare.
by Donald Jacobs A common conversation regarding Country and Western music often goes something like this: Person 1: “Ya know, I love Country music, I’m
Stephen Wilson Jr, America’s best living songwriter, just dropped your new favorite song: “Patches.” I signed up for Stephen Wilson Jr.’s text notifications awhile back
Join us as we sit at the table with Michael Doubler to discuss his book “Dixie Dewdrop,” the amazing story of his great grandfather, Uncle Dave Macon. As one of the earliest performers on WSM radio in Nashville, Uncle Dave became the Grand Ole Opry’s first superstar. His old-time music and energetic stage shows made him a national sensation and fueled a thirty-year run as one of America’s most beloved entertainers. Known as the “Dixie Dewdrop” Uncle Dave Macon learned the banjo from…
Since 2009, Kimberly Perry has captivated audiences with her showstopping vocals, lyrical eloquence, and superstar presence. As one-third of the Grammy® Award-winning superstar sibling trio
Join us as we sit down at the table with Kristina Gaddy and Pete Ross to discuss Kristina’s new book “Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo’s Hidden History.” Named one of 2022’s Most Memorable Music Books by No Depression: The Journal of Roots Music, it’s an illuminating history of the banjo, revealing its origins at the crossroads of slavery, religion, and music. In an extraordinary story unfolding across two hundred years, Kristina uncovers the banjo’s key role in Black spirituality, ritual, and rebellion. Through meticulous research in diaries, letters, archives, and art, she traces the banjo’s beginnings from the seventeenth century, when enslaved people of African descent created it from gourds or calabashes and wood- and how these slaves carried this unique instrument as they were transported and sold by slaveowners throughout the Americas and the Caribbean…
In the summer of 1927, nineteen bands/musicians responded to an ad in a newspaper for an opportunity to be a part of a recording session in Bristol, Tennessee. Some of the most well-known and influential names in American music were there…
These recordings were no doubt a key moment in country music’s evolution. In this episode, we interview Dr. Ted Olson and discuss whether or not the Bristol Sessions were in fact the “Big Bang” of country music…