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It’s been almost exactly two years since the Wood Brothers released One Drop of Truth, the most recognized album of their fifteen-year career. There have…
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You could say that John Prine has changed Kelsey Waldon's life at least twice now, in episodes separated by more than a decade. First, she was a teenager…
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When the founders of the brand-new Americana Music Association first met in Nashville in 1999, there was no Third Man Records, no 5 Spot and no Mercy…
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So far, the artists who've been embraced into the exotic and exclusive world of Easy Eye Sound, the studio and label run by rock star producer Dan…
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The NAMM Show is the nation’s biggest and most important trade expo for musical instruments and gear. Yet even on the crowded and cacophonous show floor…
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The Local, a bar one block away from Nashville’s Centennial Park in midtown, hums with a beckoning light, open garage doors and roots music on a recent…
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One of the hardest things to describe in music is what makes a melody excellent. It’s a bit like design; success is supposed to be somewhat self-evident.…
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Recently I stepped up to an electronic keyboard at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville. On the wall in front of me were tubes of various lengths…
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The campaign to convince the world that modern Music City is more than country music has been a rousing success. It’s safe to say the national audience is…
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Nineteen years ago, when the first Americana Music Association conference took place in Nashville, the format was a few years old and the musical movement…