JonathanAug 15, 20204 min readLaid Back Makes a Statement...at Judy Drive-InLaid Back Country Picker “Kingsport” album release show at Judy Drive-In in Mt. Sterling, KY Mark it down, 8-14-2020 was the night I...
JonathanMay 7, 20202 min readReady For the Times to Get BetterI sit here feeling, like most people, a little down and out. Whether you’re on the side of thinking this is all an overreaction or taking...
JonathanOct 3, 20193 min readSturgill Simpson Carries the Bar With Him and Sets It Wherever He PleasesPhoto Credit: Semi Song Sturgill Simpson has done it again. After a debut traditional country record, a psychedelic country record that...
JonathanSep 23, 20199 min readI Visited a Holler in Eastern Kentucky and I Feel Different, Reenergized, Somewhat New, and LovedArtwork by Colonel Tony Moore After a little over three hours of driving you see it; a hand painted sign pointing to the direction of...
JonathanAug 2, 20193 min readTyler Childers Breathes New Life Into Concert Staples For A Sonic Trip Through the Hills of KentuckyArtwork by Colonel Tony Moore “Country Squire” the highly anticipated follow up to 2017’s “Purgatory” has had Childers’ fans buzzing...
JonathanJul 28, 20195 min readBluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum Hosts Intimate Night With Kentucky SongwritersThe Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum partnered with the WKU Lost River Sessions crew to host intimate show with Nathan Blake Lynn...
JonathanJul 21, 201910 min readA Wild Storm To End The Weekend Couldn’t Drown The Magic At Master Musicians Festival 2019Thunder, lightning, and hard rain came out of nowhere Saturday night in Somerset, KY, cancelling the remainder of War & Treaty’s set and...
JonathanJul 11, 20192 min readSydney Adams: ‘Always Home To Me’ EP ReviewWomen of country music have been putting out stellar songs since the dawn of the genre and they are the ones that have kept a traditional...
JonathanJun 30, 20193 min readNicholas Jamerson: Poet & Philanthropist for the People of Eastern KentuckyPhoto Credit: Melissa Stilwell Photography With a voice that seamlessly transitions from powerful bellow to soft spoken and intimate, he...
JonathanApr 24, 20193 min readAlbum Review: Jericho Woods ‘One Perfect Sound’ Jericho Woods are releasing their newest full length studio album ‘One Perfect Sound’ and that’s exactly what they ended up with. This...
JonathanMar 15, 20192 min readJesse Daniel is Gearing Up for His Sophmore Release and Wants You Involved in the ProcessYou’ll find that this isn’t hipster country, this is the songwriting of a once broken man that was on the fast track to a life of despair...
JonathanFeb 25, 20192 min readAmeripolitan Awards: Stepping Stone for Two Honky Tonkers on the RiseThe 2019 Ameripolitan Awards took place in Memphis on Monday night, with events that took over the entire weekend. If you’re not familiar...
JonathanFeb 24, 20193 min readTyler Childers is a Bow and His Songs are an Arrow Laced With Appalachian Soul Aimed Directly At YouPhoto Credit: Lisa Sullivan If I had to describe the type of voice that gets me equally fired up and in deep emotional thought, it would...
JonathanJan 1, 20192 min read2019: It’s Time for Music Row to Open Their EyesWelcome to 2019! How great was 2018 for Country Music? Such an amazing year with releases from longtime fan favorites, breakthrough...
JonathanDec 26, 20183 min readThese Women Do Country Music How They Want To and it’s Paying OffThese women are doing country music the way they want to and not letting an industry, that is notorious for putting them second, slow...
JonathanDec 26, 20183 min readMusic and the Fight for the Soul of Appalachia Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, and Nicholas Jamerson are at the forefront of Appalachian artists that are fighting for the soul of the...
