JULIE AND JOHN PENNELL: KEEP ON WALKIN’

Nancy PoseyJul 4, 2020July 6, 20200

By the time Julie and John Pennell met at an Ontario Bluegrass festival, they had both begun putting down deep roots in Bluegrass. John played with Vassar Clements and in the early years with Alison Krauss and Union Station. Growing up in North Bay, Ontario, Julie came from a big...

BAILEY HEFLEY: ENJOYING LIFE AT 20 SOMETHING

Nancy PoseyJun 26, 2020July 15, 20200

Before Bailey Hefley left Nashville in March for her family home near Little Rock, Arkansas, she spent two or three weeks recording a music video of “We Are the World” with a host of her contemporaries. Originally, the song by Lionel Ritchie and Michael Jackson became a major event in...

G4V: 21 GUITAR SALUTE

Nancy PoseyJun 23, 2020June 23, 20200

In recognition of June as PTSD Awareness Month, Guitars for Vets (G4V) will present a 21 Guitar Salute to honor veterans. The virtual fundraiser will be hosted by 97.3 The Game (Milwaukee, WI) live from 6 am – 6 pm on Saturday, June 26. Listeners outside of the listening area are...

AMERICANA MUSIC AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE HELD WITHOUT FESTIVAL THIS YEAR

Nancy PoseyJun 23, 2020June 23, 20200

Fans may have been disappointed, but certainly not surprised that the 19thannual AmericanaFest will not be held –at least not in its usual format — in 2020. Recent announcements of nominees for Americana Music Honors and Awards suggested that even plans for the September 16 ceremony at the Ryman Auditorium...

MALLORY JOHNSON’S CELTIC JOURNEY TO COUNTRY MUSIC

Nancy PoseyJun 18, 2020June 19, 20200

Mallory Johnson calls Nashville home now, but she’s spending the quarantine period with her family in Newfoundland, Canada, where she got her start in music. Growing up, she was steeped in country music. Canada, she points out, has a vibrant country scene. Her mother Loretta is a country artist as...

KATY MOFFATT RELEASES CHRYSALIS

Nancy PoseyJun 11, 2020June 28, 20200

Chrysalis, the title of the new two-CD release on Sunset Blvd. Records by Katy Moffatt, aptly describes Moffatt’s career, as well as the music appearing on the recording, characterized by transitions. Chrysalis is a two-CD project pulling together three albums Moffatt recorded ten years apart with guitarist Andrew Hardin: 1988’s Walkin’ On...

JONELL MOSSER WITH JOHN HALL: LITTLE BLACK DRESS

Nancy PoseyJun 2, 2020June 2, 20200

Jonell Mosser has been in the music business long enough to know that timing can be everything, so it should come as no surprise that Little Black Dress, her newly released CD, is finding a wide audience now, all songs recorded during a performance by Mosser and John Hall in May 1991...

NATE LEE: WINGS OF A JETLINER

Nancy PoseyJun 2, 2020June 15, 20200

Certainly since the pioneering days of Bill Monroe, nobody has questioned the mandolin’s rightful place in the bluegrass world, but the instrument is too often relegated to a secondary role. In his new solo CD, Wings of a Jetliner, set for a June 12 release, Nate Lee firmly settles his mandolin front...

RACHEL REINERT LAUNCHES FIRST SOLO CD: INTO THE BLUE

Nancy PoseyApr 24, 2020April 30, 20200

Rachel Reinert began 2020 with expectations of a busy year. With her first solo project Into the Blue set for a March 15 release, she and husband Caleb Crosby took a quick trip to Florida, she says, “just to clear my head. But as soon as we got back to Nashville,...

BECKY BULLER SAFE@HOME IN MANCHESTER

Nancy PoseyApr 21, 2020April 21, 20200

When Becky Buller chose the title for her upcoming CD Distance and Time, she had no idea how ironic it would be: “We’re all distancing and we just need some time.” She describes this CD, her third recorded on Stephen “Mojo” Mougin’s Dark Shadow Recording label, as a real mix. “I’m...

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