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Alison Krauss And Robert Plant
By Dan Harr

Here’s a question for you…. What do one of the original hard-driving classic rockers and a beautiful gospel/bluegrass songstress have in common? You wouldn’t think much, but when we’re talking about Alison Krauss ...

Are Labels Lost When It Comes To The Internet?
By Moses Avalon

“[Music Business] journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.” --Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
Music biz haters have become annoyingly repetitive about...

Troy Cassar-Daley Receives CMA Global Country Artist Award
By Bob Doerschuk

From its opening outside a small wooden church on a dusty prairie to the hand-clapping, swaying, blue-robed choir whose harmonies soar through the final moments, the video for "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"...

Nashville’s Regie Hamm Scores Big with American Idol
by Kelly Ann Monahan

You just never know when life can spin things.  And, oftentimes, it spins things in some of the most unexpected ways. Nashville’s Regie Hamm knows this all too well.  A singer-songwriter with ...

James Taylor Live: A Concert Review
by Dan Harr

If you’ve ever had the opportunity to drink a bottle of fine wine that has been properly aged, then you know that maturity gives the wine’s bouquet character while mellowing the tang and enriching the flavor.  To drink such a wine is, for the...

Listening Is A Choice
By Dave Isaacs

On one of my first gigs after arriving in Nashville, the drummer turned to me and said "it's really nice to play with a guitarist who listens". I was a little surprised at this, being a new arrival in Music City and knowing the old joke about ...