features

Jackson Browne: Summoning a Sky Blue and Black
Some things never change.

Conor Oberst: A Southern Vacation
I feel like there’s an element of escapism in the songs...

Old Crow Medicine Show: Strengthens the Chain
Old Crow Medicine Show, it turns out, isn’t reviving mountain string-band music out of some nostalgia...

Sonya Kitchell & Jem: Ladies of the Fall
Though their experiences have been vastly different, they share several traits...

Cherry Lane Music Publishing: Where Songwriter is King
“Once a week our creative staff gets together, and everybody is required to play one song for the rest of the group—something new that hopefully nobody else has heard. We’re always out looking.” -Peter Primont



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columns

STREET SMARTS > Songwriters and This Magazine
By Michael Kosser
...I sincerely hope that non-performing songwriters read about performing songwriters.…

AMERICAN ICONS > Scott Joplin
By Paul Zollo
“Play slowly until you catch the swing,”…

GUITAR 101 > Harmonization
By Gary Talley
Harmonization: How chords and melody work together……

THE SCHLANSKY FILES > I Love You, But…
By Evan Schlansky
I have a major crush on a band...…

STREET SMARTS > Facing an Audience: A Whole Other Perspective
By Michael Kosser
Thirty-eight years ago I sang professionally in my last honky tonk…



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Radiohead Cover Neil Young
"Tell Me Why"…

New Release Tuesday...
One For the Record Books...…

Summer 2008 Mix!?
Something to chew on...get ready, it's long…

New Release Tuesday...
One of Our Faves…

Still Learning After All These Years
Paul Simon…



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Newport Folk Festival | Fort Adams State Park | Newport, RI | August 2-3, 2008




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Founded in the supportive Athens, Ga. music scene, Dead Confederate christened themselves with a name that trumpets their distain for the greasy, boastful music that Southern rock has become.

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