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Missy Raines plus Danny Burns
Missy Raines grew up in rural west VA deeply immersed in bluegrass culture. And when she started playing professionally in her collegiate years, she …
7 years, 4 months ago
Rodney Crowell plus Maya DeVitry
The String launches a new year with a conversation with Rodney Crowell, one of the legit icons of Americana music. The Texas born, Nashville based so…
7 years, 4 months ago
Single Lock Records and Muscle Shoals
How and why this humble collection of towns hugging the Tennessee River in northern Alabama became a historic musical hot spot is an improbable, wond…
7 years, 5 months ago
The Gibson Brothers and Ruby Boots
This week, an evenly split hour with very different artists who have a lot to say about change and growth. The Gibson Brothers took their experience …
7 years, 6 months ago
Talking Dylan and Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan's transition from solo folk troubadour to electric roots rocker was as important a precursor to the idea of Americana music as any other. A…
7 years, 6 months ago
Kathy Mattea
Episode 74: Kathy Mattea's new album Pretty Bird is her first release in six years. In the time between, she's struggled through some problems with h…
7 years, 6 months ago
Talking Tradition at the World of Bluegrass
What is tradition in music? It turns out that's a tricky but illuminating question, and this week Craig puts it to a range of folks at the World of B…
7 years, 7 months ago
AmericanaFest Revisited: Amy Helm, Kaia Kater and Robbie Fulks/Linda Gail Lewis
This week circles back one final time to AmericanaFest 2018, where a global community dedicated to American roots music gathered and networked and li…
7 years, 7 months ago
Field Trips w/ Rayland Baxter, Nora Jane Struthers and Gary Louris
Episode #71: This week we get out of the studio for three radio field trips with some remarkable songwriter/artists. First I visit with Rayland Baxte…
7 years, 7 months ago
Shemekia Copeland and Band of Heathens
Episode 70: Shemekia Copeland was born to sing, raised by blues royalty. Her dad, Johnny Clyde Copeland, took his Louisiana and Texas roots to the Ne…
7 years, 8 months ago