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…
A Blue Grass Boy’s memoir of life on the road with the great Bill Monroe
…it until he mentioned it, but I could see it in pictures. The lack of communication in the band seems almost comical, from a reader’s remove — Hembree often didn’t…
Capturing the Drive-By Truckers on the page
…Velvet Underground, Beach Boys to Talking Heads) can match the Truckers’ career and catalogue, their reputation for epic live shows, their songwriting depth and breadth, their sense of place, and…
Rob Nixon discusses writers, activists, and the challenges of the Global South
…Agent Orange. Slow violence is pertinent to environmental justice because the incremental unfolding of threats to human and environmental health is experienced unequally by wealthy and impoverished communities. Time can…
