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Bluegrass
Frank Solivan’s New Album Is On the Edge

Frank Solivan has worn a lot of hats: a military issue one during his six-year stint in the Navy bluegrass band, a chef’s hat during his restaurant days and headgear …

05/23/2013
Jewly Hight
Americana
Jason Boland Taps Into Tradition for Dark & Dirty Mile

There are certain topics that make Jason Boland jump on his soapbox, and the prospect of country music losing its connection to its roots is one of them. But it’s …

05/16/2013
Jewly Hight
Americana
Milk Carton Kids Found a Sound Through Subtlety

Once upon a time, Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan were stand-alone, guitar-playing singer-songwriters, both based in California, both around the same age and both experiencing some inertia in their careers. …

05/10/2013
Jewly Hight
Bluegrass
Peter Rowan Leads the Master Class With Old School

Peter Rowan isn’t the sort of guy to casually toss around a phrase like “the old school.” When he made it the title of his new album, he really and …

05/03/2013
Jewly Hight
Bluegrass, Classic Country
Marty Raybon Stakes His Turf on The Back Forty

It’s hard to keep up with Marty Raybon on the phone. He’s the sort of guy who’s never met a stranger and can, in a matter of minutes, fill you …

04/25/2013
Jewly Hight
Americana
Only Jonny Fritz Could Sing Dad Country

It ought to say something that Jonny Fritz insisted on signing his new ATO Records contract with a quill pen dipped in gravy at a Nashville greasy spoon called Arnold’s …

04/19/2013
Jewly Hight
Americana
Look Out for Hurray for the Riff Raff

New Orleans’ Hurray for the Riff Raff covered a wide swath of roots musical ground on last year’s Look Out Mama. There were elements of folk balladry, Cajun string band …

04/12/2013
Jewly Hight
Americana
Josh Rouse Finds Happiness With Laid-Back Songs

Almost a decade ago, Josh Rouse took a leap so big, it was hard for a lot of people to wrap their heads around it. The Nebraska native and, at …

04/05/2013
Jewly Hight
Americana, Bluegrass
The Black Lillies Feel the Runaway Freeway Blues

Cruz Contreras, frontman of the Black Lillies, was once known as the non-singing bandleader for Robinella & the CC String Band, an all-acoustic outfit that dipped a toe into everything …

03/29/2013
Jewly Hight
Bluegrass
Junior Sisk Makes a Choice to Play Hardcore Bluegrass

Junior Sisk was the sort of teenager who’d wear out vinyl LPs while he spent hours and hours digesting how Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs emulated first-generation bluegrass duo the …

03/21/2013
Jewly Hight

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