Always Ahead of the Curve It all began with an accordion. There aren’t many tales of the rich and famous that begin that way. But in the case of Alfred Matthew “Weird... Continue reading
His Own Kind of Country Many know Rusted Root for their trippy joyful mid-90s anthem “Send Me on My Way” off their Platinum-selling When I Woke. What just might... Continue reading
Cooking Up a Musical Stew When you think of bluegrass music, “Brooklyn” and “rap” don’t immediately spring to mind. But the more you think about... Continue reading
Livin’ a Country Song The details of Travis Tritt’s love life read like something straight out of your favorite country song. First, and almost predictably, he marries... Continue reading
Passion and Virtuosity As one of the most skilled musicians to emerge from the 1980s – and having been named one of the top ten guitarists by Guitar World magazine –... Continue reading
Still Out There After All These Years When the Happy Together show hit the Foellinger Theatre last summer, it may have been the greatest gathering of hit-making talent to ever take one stage... Continue reading
The Inventors of Bluecore Music that combines country and hip-hop calls to mind that old Reese’s commercial where a guy walking down the sidewalk eating a candy bar collided... Continue reading
The Monsters of Funk These days it seems everyone and his undead brother is eager to talk about the upcoming zombie apocalypse – the benefits of canned versus fresh... Continue reading
Just Plain Hit Songs When the British band America debuted stateside in 1972 with the hit single, “A Horse with No Name,” a lot of people thought they sounded... Continue reading
A Little Help from His Friends Popular local drummer and drumming instructor Todd Harrold said his young students care about exactly two bands that had their heydays in the 1960s... Continue reading