The Daily Music Break plans to present a short video each week on a music video of note. Embedded video and podcasts can’t contain copyrighted...
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MetroNews, a site in West Virginia, posted an interesting feature this week on the premiere of a documentary about old time music in and around Clay County...
I’ve often wondered how “Americana” is distinguished from other genres of American music. The answer seems to be that the powers-that-be have...
This Hank Williams video is odd for a couple of reasons, both of which are interesting. The first few seconds show Williams crossing a street under the...
This is what Rolling Stone’s David Menconi said of The Nighthawks’ “Hollywood Town Hall” in a 2014 feature suggesting which rock albums...
There are a lot of angles to the unfolding story of Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart and Lil Nas X. The situation is summarized at NYU Local, the...
One of the most important institutions in country music โ and, therefore, American music โ is the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. On October 18, 1925, the...
I scan several “This Day in Music”-type sites — rock, country, jazz, even classical — when stumped for a blog topic. Today, a country...
[contextly_sidebar id=”1FxMAutFSvsIw6UoyvEhRjQ3YacDuHou”] One of the grandfathers of country music is William Orville (Lefty) Frizzell. Wikipedia...
Nothing illustrates the broad outlines of the family of musicians more than strange juxtapositions. Sometimes these are for good causes: Rockers and classical...