Our esteemed Troubadour editor, Liz Abbott, asked me to devote my current column to revisiting a past exhibition topic. I mounted the exhibit, with a festival...
In 2008, I was approaching my 800th recording project as a producer. As I often did at that time, I booked a small, “in between” session...
The Great 48 The New Year is set to start with a bluegrass bang in Bakersfield, California over the weekend of January 5-8, 2023. There will...
Terry Allen has a varied artistic career across many disciplines. Readers of the Troubadour certainly know of Terry Allen as the lead vocalist of his very...
Colin Blunstone / Year One Colin Blunstone’s 1971 debut solo album, One Year, was recently reissued in a deluxe edition. The key word here is “deluxe.”...
I’ve been a user of Studio One since its initial release in 2009. I thought it would be cool to review a different DAW than Vegas...
AN INTERVIEW WITH SYNC AGENT AND MUSIC SUPERVISOR RYAN GAINES Recently I had a conversation with my friend and colleague Ryan Gaines. Ryan is the owner...
Bluegrass music is great any time of year, but it carries a special character during the holiday season. There is a whole slew of Christmas-themed bluegrass...
The 1970s was a good time for fiddle contests. There were serious ones with cash prizes like the still-running Topanga Canyon contest and the long-running contests...