By Paul T. Mueller – Songwriters, even great ones, aren’t always the best performers of their own songs. But when a songwriter of Jimmy Webb’s stature hits the road, it seems worth the ticket price to hear the author’s own take on some of his best-known work. A few hundred people at Dosey Doe Big Barn in The Woodlands, Texas,…
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s triumphant final turn
We keep saying goodbye to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and they keep getting better.We were at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville when the band kicked off its farewell tour last year and were back again this week for what logically would have been the closing of the loop, their final show at this storied theater. Not likely, though. They’re…
WMOT presents Los Lonely Boys, Strung Like A Horse, Bettysoo
Los Lonely Boys, on the road promoting new album Resurrection, headlined the Oct. 8 WMOT concert at Riverside Revival in Nashville. Set opener “See Your Face” set the tone for the energetic acoustic set to follow. The evening’s revelation was Knoxville’s Strung Like a Horse, whose showmanship transcended the recorded work we’ve heard. There’s a Old Crow Medicine Show spirit…
Kris Kristofferson on free speech and music
Kris Kristofferson’s passing this week prompted an outpouring of thoughtful articles about what made this man and his art so special. We had the pleasure of interviewing Kristofferson about two decades ago about songs that challenge and sometimes offend an audience. He wouldn’t have it any other way.