Graham Lindsey put together a new album that went into general distribution earlier this year, We Are All Alone In This Together. I reviewed it in a January last.fm journal, one of the first posts I cross-posted here . Been thinking about Graham as the winter turns to spring. He left the midwest for the mountains of Montana, even as I […]
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Sam Bush and Brad Paisley at the Ryman. Wish I’d been there.
Brosseau: Posthumous Success
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Telluride Bluegrass Lineup
or JC’s snarky quips about people who practiced their instruments while he read books.
Telluride, Bluegrass and the Cross of Gold
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Sand Sheff and the Texcentric Show
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