The Kings of Western Swing
If you want a robust career in the entertainment business, it helps to be in the right place at the right time.
Of course, there is no way to accurately...
Article Category: National Acts
A Three-Axe Onslaught
Guitar Army are the supergroup’s supergroup. The guitarists that form the band’s core – John Jorgenson, Lee Roy Parnell and Joe Robinson...
5 Decades of Hit Making
Depending on your age, you first heard the music of War:
(a) Sampled on tracks by The Beastie Boys or The Offspring;
(b) in the movies Boogie Nights,...
Family That Plays Together
Last year was a difficult one for guitarist and songwriter Derek Trucks. Not only did he lose his uncle, Butch Trucks, to suicide, but Gregg Allman,...
A Changing of the Ghoul
The message from the clergy has been received and their orders have been executed. There is new blood leading Ghost once again.
In a recent turn of...
Still Grinding, Still Hungry
“Playing a show has always been Christmas and birthday and Halloween and everything all wrapped up into one. Every time I get to play a show,...
Therapeutic Blues
Marcus King is the first to admit he’s an introvert. That label doesn’t bother him at all. In fact, he embraces it. He’s a lot more...
The ‘Not a Side Project’
Over two million albums sold, three Grammy nominations collected, a couple of chart-topping singles certified and roughly two decades as a band in the...
Rapping Out Country Hits
There are more paths to country stardom than roads that lead to Rome. For singer-songwriter Colt Ford, his journey began when he was a toddler, trading...
Making Music His Own Way
When you ring up Victor Wooten expecting one thing, you may come away with another.
Wooten is widely acknowledged as one of the finest bassists in...