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Charlie Daniels

interview by Mike Hennessey Charlie Daniels, “Preachin’, Prayin’, Singin’” – Blue Hat Records, 2008 Charlie Daniels arrived in Nashville in 1967 with a wife, child, and a literal twenty dollar bill in his pocket. In a few short years, he was lending his fiddle to Bob Dylan’s seminal Nashville albums. Since then he has sold […]

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Dolly Parton

Q: You’ve come a long way from Locust Ridge, Tennessee. Can you still claim to be backwoods? A: Yes, and proud of it. I stay close to my roots and my family. I never want to forget any part of it. I’m still just a hillbilly at heart, thus a Backwoods Barbie. Q: Congratulations on […]

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Dan Tyminski (Alison Krauss/Soggy Bottom Boys)

The image is forever burned into our pop-culture consciousness. George Clooney, sporting overalls and scruff, wailing “Man of Constant Sorrow” in the Coen Brothers’ twangy Odyssey O’Brother, Where Art Thou? Then, there’s the man behind that scene: bluegrass singer-songwriter Dan Tyminski, of the Dan Tyminski Band and Alison Krauss and Union Station, still one of […]

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James McMurtry Interview

“Rock & Roots or Roots & Roll, whatever you want to call it – we challenge you to find a description that fits other than good music you can count on when you thought maybe you just couldn’t count on music anymore!”  That quote from Lilly Ruby, the Webmaster of www.jamesmccmurtry.com is one of the […]

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Kendal Conrad

Interview: Kendal Conrad Talks New Single, Musical Influences And More…

Kendal Conrad is a singer, actor, published writer, and award-winning songwriter… she has appeared on MTV and has performed onstage with Keith Urban and Walker Hayes! Kendal just finished recording an EP produced by Matt McVaney (Kane Brown, Jessie James Decker, Levi Hummon) and she co-wrote all the songs on the EP. Kendal recently released her […]

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Caroline Marquard

Exclusive Interview: Meet Up-And-Coming Country Artist Caroline Marquard

It has been one whirlwind of a year for  young up-and-coming female country music singer songwriter, Caroline Marquard. From releasing her very first single to the world last summer,gearing up for new music, and many more new things for fans in 2019. Marquard, originally from Switzerland, is now a Tennessee native. We recently got to chat […]

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