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Alison Krauss - Alison Krauss My parents lived
Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours -
Beautiful Dreamer - Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen
Bill Morrissey - Guest Butler Michael P. Krupa is a psychologist and health care consultant whose interests include music, photography and poetry. He lives with his wife and children in Concord, Massachusetts. In the
Bob Woodruff - Bob Woodruff arrived in Nashville in the '90s, a New York kid hopped up on country music with a bushel of songs in his pocket. He was the real deal
Bonnie Raitt: The story behind “Just Like That,” the song no one expected to win a Grammy. - Over many decades, Bonnie Raitt has won 13 Grammys. She didn’t expect to win one the other night. In the “Song of the Year” category, she was up against Beyoncé, Adele, Taylor
Don Henley: Cass County - Guest Butler Joe DePreta is a New York marketing executive and writer on cultural trends. I’m an Eagles fan. If you say that, people often snicker. That’s because the Eagles are
Don Schlitz - UPDATE: Don Schlitz was one of three 2017 inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. How totally cool. A few years after my parents moved to Nashville, my mother
Emmylou Harris: Hard Bargain - Emmylou Harris has many admirers, but my wife and I may be the only ones who chose our wedding date based on her tour schedule. It wasn’t that we were
Fate’s Right Hand - Over 50? This is the story --- spooky in its accuracy --- of your life. Over 40? Here's a preview of coming attractions. Under 40? Well, if you're an "old soul," some
J.J. Cale: Roll On - Until the 20th Century, no one asked artists to “grow” or “change”. A painter, musician or writer emerged with a style, and if it was deemed commercially acceptable,
Jason Isbell: “Something More Than Free” - ON SECOND THOUGHT: I was knocked out by the song and video for “24 Frames” (below), so I went to hear Jason Isbell recently. Now I’m obsessed. You can be
Jason Isbell: The best of the best - HEADLINE NEWS, OCTOBER, 2022: An English site, AUK, has just named “Southeastern,” Jason Isbell’s 2013 release, as its “Number One Americana Album of the 21st Century.” And not by a
Joan Baez - “I never dared to be radical when young,” Robert Frost said, “for fear it would make me conservative when old.” Joan Baez is Exhibit A that Frost was wrong. Celebrating her 75th
John Prine - On January 1, 2005, Head Butler was an infant --- less than a year old. And yet, thanks to Holly Gleason, I had scored an interview with John Prine, who
John Prine: Fair and Square - A classic song doesn't belong to its creator. It's ours. We take it into our lives and use it for our purposes and sing it in the car or the
Johnny Cash: “Ain’t No Grave” - THE AMAZON LINK: There are now two ways to get to Amazon and support this site. Old: Click on the “Buy it from Amazon” link on any review and go
Justin Townes Earle - Justin Townes Earle. You want to put the weight of the world on your kid, give him that name. Justin, an early Christian martyr. Townes, for Townes Van Zandt, the legendary --- and
