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MEGAN KNIGHT: MY DRAMA

Nancy PoseyFeb 4, 2022February 8, 20220

Megan Knight may seem young to be an old pro, but at twenty-four, the Williamsport, New Jersey native has been in the music business since she was thirteen. She found her way to Muscle Shoals unexpectedly after playing a backyard benefit party. Someone there mentioned having a friend in Alabama...

Chris Castino and Chicken Wire Empire: Fresh Pickles

Nancy PoseyJan 2, 20220

Fresh Pickles, Chris Castino’s upcoming release with Chicken Wire Empire, is less a departure from his career with the jam band The Big Wu than a return to his earlier influences. Castino admits that when he started writing songs, he was new to bluegrass. He credits his heightened interest to...

EMILY CLAIR: STRIPPED

Nancy PoseyDec 23, 20210

Canadian country singer-songwriter Emily Clair says she is planning on a simple Christmas this year. From Nacanee, Ontario, she is watching the response to her debut EP Stripped. Like so many recording artists, Emily had to change plans when the pandemic hit. She planned for an EP with some new...

CHARLIE PARR: MERCY LOUNGE

Nancy PoseyDec 18, 2021December 18, 20210

Charlie Parr doesn’t take himself too seriously. He lets his music speak for itself. At his Nashville show at Mercy Lounge Thursday, the Minnesota singer-songwriter was working the merch table by himself until time to go on stage. He opened with “Walking Back from Willmar” from his newest release Last...

UP SOUTH: OXFORD AMERICA RELEASES THE 2021 SOUTHERN MUSIC ISSUE

Nancy PoseyDec 5, 2021December 6, 20210

Most of people have those “where were you when” memories that mark when they heard about history-making events—the Kennedy assassination, Columbine, 9/11. Likewise, most people can mark the before and after of March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic brought life as usual to a halt. In February, Oxford American editor...

SHOALSFEST RETURNS AFTER PANDEMIC HIATUS

Nancy PoseyOct 4, 2021October 16, 20210

Although protocols were in place for ShoalsFest 2021 at MacFarland Park in Florence, Alabama, music fans found little difference in the experience of music festival held over two days this year and the inaugural ShoalsFest in 2021. The festival is brainchild of one of the Shoals’ favorite sons Jason Isbell,...

HAYES CARLL@THE WASH–EASTSIDE BOWL–AMERICANA MUSIC FEST 2021

Nancy PoseySep 28, 2021October 2, 20210

Introducing Hayes Carll at the WMOT’s AmericanaFest Day Stage, Web Wilder joked about his first interview with the Texas singer-songwriter. He had been told, “This guy has great stories.” That day, he says, Carll didn’t come through. For his set at The Wash–Eastside Bowl, he proved to his audience that...

POWER TO THE MUSIC: THE SONGS OF 1971@BASEMENT EAST

Nancy PoseySep 26, 2021October 2, 20210

In the year that marked the Apple Original series “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything,” the Basement East presented a four-hour tribute to the song of that iconic year, following their successful showcase of 1969 at the last Americana Fest. With a stellar house band and backup singers, the...

AMERICANA MUSIC AWARDS RETURN TO THE MOTHER CHURCH

Nancy PoseySep 23, 2021September 30, 20210

The Twentieth Annual Americana Music Awards ceremony, held Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at the Ryman Auditorium opened strong with the Aaron Lee Tasjan singing “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?” as a salute to the Rolling Stones’ late drummer Charlie Watts, backed by the talent-filled house band led by Buddy Miller....

CURTIS BRALY: “THAT SHOULD BE ME”

Nancy PoseySep 16, 2021September 16, 20210

For Curtis Braly, the axiom “It takes a village. . .” rings true. Growing up in Humble, Texas, a Houston suburb with a small-town feel, he appreciates the influence of a place where people were helpful and community oriented, where you could go to a local restaurant and run into...