Prine on Prine shines with the beloved songwriter’s heart, humor, and humanity
…world” — it’s practically all that matters. In this wonderful book, he shows us all that — and also how to make his favorite cocktail, the Handsome Johnny. So I…
Western Edge explores country-rock from the Byrds to the Blasters and beyond
…album-shaped. Just looking at the cover puts a song in your head. Maybe it’s something off the Byrds’ 1968 landmark album Sweetheart of the Rodeo, the so-called “Big Bang for…
Two California grad students get quite an education in the 1960s South
…there are any number of those already on the shelves. This is a study of life, real life, in a pivotal place and a crucial time, with two bright and…
Novelist Patricia L. Hudson brings Rebecca Boone, Daniel’s wife, to the fore
…be, married to a man who was forever leaving the homestead to blaze some new trail. Young Rebecca was sensitive by nature, finely attuned to the natural beauty of the…
Buddy Emmons’ name was synonymous with the sound of his beloved steel guitar
…to George Strait, Ray Charles to the Everly Brothers. He was also an innovator, improving the mechanisms of the instrument and designing his “Emmons Original” model. As Fishell, a pedal…
Bluegrass legend Roland White always put the music first
…like the banana bread for dessert, we’re told. And after dinner came the real main course — they played music. Black chronicles it all with care and detail, as the…
