Twang-A-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra - Traditions collide for MCR Winter Finale
It was a mashup of two Music City Roots favorites - The Celtic sounds of our annual St. Patrick’s show meeting the fretboard fireworks of Guitar Night.And luckily for me, the finale of MCR’s winter...
View ArticleOnly Natural
I make it a mental habit to be especially alert this time of year. Every passing Spring, with its ephemeral cycles – the daffodils, the tulip trees, the cherry blossoms and the magisterial opening of...
View ArticleThe Soul of a State
I was never more proud to be part of Music City Roots or more fulfilled in our mission of making fellowship and living culture around great music than I was late Wednesday night as our show wound to a...
View ArticleHeading To The Mountains
When I arrived at the barn on Wednesday afternoon, it was sunny and seventy-something degrees. As I left for home, the stars were out and it was growing cold. It reminded me of how the balmy days...
View ArticleBig Band Barn Gig
“This is definitely the best big band barn gig I’ve ever played,” said swaggering singer Jim Bianco, with little fear of being contradicted. Definitely the best we’ve ever seen too. At this point, Jim...
View ArticleGentle On My Mind
The word kept popping up in my notes. Wednesday was a gentle Spring evening full of gentle grooves. Oh, there was plenty of energy and surprise, but Deer Tick and Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ it was not. If your...
View ArticleSilver Wings
As big a nerd as I am for instrumental music, I acknowledge that the human voice is the “instrument” that moves most of the people most of the time. A great singer gets inside the blood stream, the...
View ArticleBell Curve
There’s beauty in symmetry and balance in a nice bell curve. Bear with my inner geek for a second. Scientists call it a “normal distribution” when they plot, for example, the numbers of people at each...
View ArticleHail! Hail!
How cool it was to see pictures of Chuck Berry at Busch Stadium in St. Louis last weekend, where they honored the 87-year-old icon with a bobblehead doll. He looked great, in person and in plastic, and...
View ArticleBanjo Mingo Gumbo
Gumbo is the most overworked metaphor in music commentary, but only because it’s so spot on. That mystical stew (the contemplation of which has made me furiously hungry) is European, African, Caribbean...
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