2021
A Q&A with Jeremy Chapman
Published October 5, 2021
We used to attend the Rocky Mountain Bluegrass festival, where my time was split playing in the dirt at the fairgrounds and sitting on the front row watching Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers ...
The Acoustic Shoppe, co-owned by Jeremy Chapman of The Chapmans
The Royal Music Hall
Published October 1, 2021
Very occasionally you come across a space so charming and wonderfully welcoming as if it is waiting in that moment to be discovered by you. The Royal Music Hall in Springfield, Missouri, is such a place—a tiny venue with a bodacious name—audaciously dedicated to delivering a true listening room experience.
The Royal Music Hall | Photo by Starboard and Port
Frank Ray and Cedar Hill
Reduced Price Tickets!
$15 Advance / $20 DOS
Reduced Price Tickets!
$15 Advance / $20 DOS
“Frank Ray and Cedar Hill represent some of the very best bluegrass to ever come out of the Ozarks.” ~Mike Smith of KSMU’s Seldom Heard Music
Mike Smith
A Music Seldom Heard
By Dale McCurry
with Bambi Grinder
"Mike is a talented man, and I have always considered him a friend ... He’s done a lot for the music, which is why I wanted him to be the first one to air this new album ..." ~ Rodney Dillard on the occasion of Mike premiering the latest Dillards album Old Road New Again.
Published May 1, 2021
The Vinyl Kings:
Love and Desire
by Larry Lee
Introduction by Dale McCurry
The genius of the Vinyl Kings is that they managed to create a chronological album echoing the evolving sound and feel of the Beatles—neither impression, tribute, nor caricature, but a pure, loving homage.
Published April 23, 2021
The Vinyl Kings
Walking the Woods with Larry Lee
by Bambi Grinder
Larry's reserved, respectful, and relaxed nature at once set me at ease, as he enfolded us welcomingly into his space and the story of how he came to find it.
Published April 14, 2021
Larry Lee | Photo by Bambi Grinder
A Musician's Manifesto
by Sara Shiloh Rae
In a post-COVID musical universe, we are about to see artists breaking alllllllllll kinds of previously unspoken rules about what we do and don't get to do.
Published March 10, 2021
Sara Shiloh Rae | Photo by Max Hoetzel
The Premiere of David Starr's
"These Days"
From David's Touchstones Project
January 14, 2021
"For as long as I can remember, this Jackson Browne song has been part of my soundtrack. The plaintive lyrics, simple melody, and beautiful chord structure make it a great song to adopt and interpret. And the fact that the songwriter was only 16 when he wrote it makes it all the more poignant." ~David Starr
David Starr | These Days | Photo by Jeff Fasano
2020
Tiffany Christopher
Taking a Stand
By Bambi Grinder
with Tiffany Christopher
Published October 23, 2020
Tiffany Christopher
David Starr | Beauty & Ruin
Muse Unveiled 02
Published October 2, 2020
L to R: Jim Lauderdale, David Starr, John Oates
Ray Cardwell: Passing It On
By Dale McCurry
with Bambi Grinder
Published September 25, 2020
Ray Cardwell & Tennessee Moon
Slipstream 01
Ron Lutz
Local Homemade at Studio 62
By Bambi Grinder
with Dale McCurry
Published September 4, 2020
Lap Steel Guitars by Ron Lutz | Photo by Ron Lutz
Stand Here 03
The Art of Zine Zen
By Dale McCurry
Published August 28, 2020
Dale McCurry | Photo by Josh Elioseff of Dancer Productions Photography
Larry Lee | The Last Hoedown
Muse Unveiled 01
Published August 21, 2020
Larry Lee
Stand Here 02
Circles in the Dirt
By Dale McCurry
Published July 17, 2020
On the Road to Scottsdale, AZ | Staff photo
The Brothers Comatose: Harmony and Strings
by Dale McCurry | Published July 10, 2020
Chris Thile: This High
by Dale McCurry | Published July 3, 2020
Conversations with Tim O’Brien
by Dale McCurry with Bambi Grinder | Published June 26, 2020
Something Borrowed, Something New
Stand Here 01 | by Dale McCurry | Published June 26, 2020
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Music & Pandemia
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