By Thomas D. Mooney Reidsville, North Carolina has always been there. The small, rural hometown of singer-songwriter BJ Barham has often lingered in the background, …
By Adam Dawson (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) “I don’t try to record in the studio like I play live, to the chagrin …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) As the popularity of Americana music continues to grow, the tiny town of Franklin, Tenn., …
WILL HOGE Never Give In Cumberland Records Sometimes you want to tap the brakes on being too critical of modern Top 40 country music: those …
BLACK LILLIES Runaway Freeway Blues Attack Monkey/North Knox Records Knoxville, Tenn.’s the Black Lillies reached admirable heights with their 2011 album, 100 Miles of Wreckage, …
By Lynne Margolis (Oct/Nov 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 5) Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent aren’t the first duo to pour country, folk, blues, good …
By Eric Hisaw (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) I was a 14-year-old fledgling guitar player that night in 1987 when I piled into a …
By Richard Skanse (LSM July/Aug 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 4) Rapper Eminem and Grammy-winning indie darlings Arcade Fire may have been the two biggest names …
By Andrew Dansby (LSM March/April 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 2) Perhaps things have changed since, but in the early- and mid-90s, Trinity University in San …
